The Devil Bat (1940)
4/10
Average B-terror movie with Bela Lugosi in his usual role as a mad doctor
12 April 2022
A madman =Bela Lugosi= has dark and sinister purports ,as the scientific develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to murder enemies and anyone who wears. As he trains a swarm of monstruous bats to attack here and there. Sharp fanged blood-sucking death dives from midnight skies!. He trained his breed of blood-hungry bats to kil on command!

This is a pretty fair terror movie from PRC, it gives us yet another blood-thirsty mad scientist who trains over-size rubber bats to suck blood from selected victims by use of a scent to attack whenever when they smell perfume . It was ordinarily realised with another Bela Lugosi vehicle : Scared To Death 1946 . Lugosi gives his usual acting as a madman , this performance is paired with other similar outings as in Black Cat , Island of Lost Souls , The Raven , The Invisible Power , Chandu, Night of Terror, Satanas, The Death Kiss . It was followed by an unimaginative and unsuccessful sequel titled Devil Bat's Daughter 1946 by Frank Wisbar with Rosemary La Planche.

This low budget bore motion picture was regularly directed by Jean Yarbrough. This filmmaker was an artisan who usually worked in TV : Área 12 , Bonanza , Broadside, The Addans Family , The case of dangerous Robin, The Blue Angels , Pony Express, Gunsmoke, 21 Beacon Street, Flight , Border Patrol, and occassionally for theater films : Footsteps in the night , The Women of Pitcairn Island , Hot Shots, Yaqui Drums , Crashing Las Vegas , Night Freight , Los in Alaska , Sideshow , Master Minds, The Mutineers , Big Timber , among others . Rating : 4,5/10 . Mediocre horror movie , only for Bela Lugosi fans.
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