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So, I read the other reviews and even if I'm not going to comment on them specifically (maybe?) I must say that they're not fair, I don't think this short film is a 1/10 nor a 10/10.
It has it's appeal and kept me entertained the whole time thinking what bizarre shit was going to happen next.
Someone said "It feels like a badly produced project a freshman in art school would make" and that's exactly what it is, if you read the alternative titles it says "Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium" which is a project where they train young animators ... by making them doing experimental weird films,

Story:
So, this short film is about a woman's dream (or nightmare?) about two rabbits. It begins with a quote saying that certain foods can have an influence on one's dreams. And then the DREAM begins, and that's important, that's why it is "weird", because it's a dream and yes, there is a plot, it's simple but it's there.

Art:
So, visually it's actually really weak, but again, it is a experimental animation by some students. It uses really limited animation with charcoal line drawings and some CGI and it adds and I think it's perfect for the film because it really adds to the disturbing feel of the film.
The rabbits have been drawn in the style of Shinto statues, meaning that their ears are shorter and more pointed than Dick Bruna's Miffy or Sanrio's My Melody - the two kinds of bunnies currently most dominant in Japanese popular culture. They're one of the kind of rabbits that you would find in a nightmare, some shots of them were really weird.
The film has a nostalgic feel to it, not only because of the style of the rabbits, but also due to elements of the mise-en-scene such as the backdrop of a large Japanese-style window and the use of a phonograph in one scene.
Adding to the nostalgia is the artist's use of white on black intertitles that feature the two rabbits on either side of a kanji, illustrated in the traditional style often featured on stationery (particularly for the Year of the Rabbit).

Sound:
There are no music or voices, there is a screeching sound along the whole movie and I think it's totally fair if you hate it for it, it could be really annoying for some people. But, again, for me is one of the things that adds a disturbing and akward feel to it.
The sound effects were nothing great, they just where there a little bit out of place but still very realist.
Oh, and btw the scene where the rabbit cries over the other rabbit's coffin... I just didn't expect that, and I liked it.

Overall:
So... I would not say that this film is scary at all, maybe disturbing, maybe just akward or maybe a little depressing.
If you're expecting something that makes you shit on your pants, this is not the place for you. And if you're expecting a conventional anime with conventional story and conventional art, what the hell are you doing in this side of MAL? Go watch some popular anime from the current season instead.
Again, I liked this film but I can't give it a score higher than 5/10 and wouldn't recommend this to anybody because it's not actually "good", I just think it's interesting and somehow entertaining and I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that so for me it's not fair to give it 1/10 and complain about how weird and non-sense it is when that's the fucking point.

(note: sorry if this review is a mess, I'm not a native english speaker and never studied the language)