When
a brilliant scientist, Dr. Paul
Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) develops an
ingenious product and is cheated out of
the profits by his greedy partners,
Carruthers turns his labratory of science
into one of doom by creating a giant race
of deadly bats.
He sets them out to kill his enemies and
others suspect that they're bats from
hell and in papers they are called Devil
Bats.
Now armed with killing machines, the good
scientist gone bad has the power to kill
at will.
But people track him down and try to put
a stop to his evil doings before others
get killed by his bats as they enter
people's houses and towns.
A great flick that
inspired many generations of other films
too.
I found it disturbing when Bela's
character was provoking one of the bats
but of course by law no animals are
allowed to be harmed.
I find this one to be Lugosi's
best film. Gothic shock rocker King
Diamond used clips of this film for
his rock video "Sleepless
Nights" along with other old horror
flicks.
A scary film in it's time and good
effects too. A definete classic!
The acting is good
for it's time and of course Bela
Lugosi always does well in his films
since he was naturally a character actor
and one of the original scream kings. His
character in this film is quite
disturbing as he plays a vengeful man in
it.
The directing is
well done as Jean Yarbrough has
great shots on the bat attacking people
and knew how to direct the people's
reactions to the killer bat.
He has directed many other films as well
as TV shows like Gunsmoke,
Bonanza, My
Favourite Martian and Adam-12.
Henry
Morton: You're a dreamer, Doc. Too
much money is bad for dreamers.
Dr. Paul Carruthers: So you tried
to pay me in flattery, telling me that
I'm a dreamer. Well... I *do* dream -
dreams that you would *never* guess.
Editor
Joe McGinty: Say, have you ever had a
date with a girl?
Reporter Johnny Layton: A girl?
Oh, yes, a girl. I believe I did take a
girl out once.
Dr.
Paul Carruthers: Now, rub it on the
tender part of your neck.
[after
listening to a scientist's theory on the
radio]
Dr. Paul Carruthers: [thick
Hungarian accent] Imbecile! Bombastic
Ignoramus!
Tommy:
[trying the lotion] That feels
great... very soothing.
Dr. Paul Carruthers: I don't think
you'll ever use anything else.
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