The Devil Bat – A Movie A Day #82
The Devil Bat – A Movie A Day #82
I was in a bit of a time crunch when I was picking a movie to watch on this day, so I started looking for something a bit shorter than the average ninety minute feature. Older genre movies can often be shorter, so I decided to watch The Devil Bat. Released in 1940, The Devil Bat stars the legendary Bela Lugosi and has a run time of a little over an hour. That was perfect.
I wasn’t sure if I’d seen The Devil Bat before, and even though some scenes seemed familiar, I really didn’t recognize large parts of the movie. So, I’m treating it as a new movie as far as my “A Movie A Day” challenge goes.
While it’s not Lugosi’s best movie, I liked The Devil Bat well enough. Lugosi stars as a mad scientist who seeks revenge on people he thinks have cheated him. His plan is to send his genetically altered giant bat to kill his enemies by using a potion that attracts the bat by scent. His plan works for a while, but of course his actions catch up to him as the police become wise to his murdering ways.
It’s a simple movie, and it gets pretty repetitive even for it’s short run time, but I enjoyed it.