The Devil Bat

The Devil Bat

He's Trained His Brood of Blood-Hungry Bats to Kill on Command!

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Release Date

12/13/1940

Runtime

68 mins

Overview

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A gloriously unhinged B-movie where a scorned scientist weaponizes giant bats as instruments of petty revenge. It's equal parts menacing and ridiculous, with the kind of low-budget charm that makes the implausible plot feel endearingly earnest.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingAbsurd

Themes

RevengeCorruptionObsession

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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