Kindly Dr. Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) feels cheated from a cosmetics company that made millions on a product he made--and (he thinks) cut him off without a dime. For revenge he (somehow) turns small bats into HUGE bats. He also (somehow) makes them react violently to a certain cologne he has made. He gives it as aftershave lotion to his potential victims, they put it on, the bat attacks...
Ludicrous, dull but infamous PRC pic--mostly for the truly insane plot. The picture fails on virtually every conceivable level. When Lugosi is carrying a bat on a pole around it's so obviously rubber it's hard not to laugh; all throughout the movie day changes to night back to day back to night all in the same sequence; the footage of the devil bat flying is repeated at least FIVE times (in a 69 minute movie); the "attack" scenes are hysterical--you see the actors valiantly "struggling" with what is plainly a large rubber bat and the acting is pretty awful.
I'm giving this a 3 just for Lugosi. Despite the stupid material he manages to give out a very credible, well-done acting job. Whenever he's on screen he gives the role his all. I especially love how he says "Goodbye" to each victim after giving them his lotion.
Almost enjoyable in a good/bad way--ALMOST. Worth seeing for Lugosi fans but nobody else.
Ludicrous, dull but infamous PRC pic--mostly for the truly insane plot. The picture fails on virtually every conceivable level. When Lugosi is carrying a bat on a pole around it's so obviously rubber it's hard not to laugh; all throughout the movie day changes to night back to day back to night all in the same sequence; the footage of the devil bat flying is repeated at least FIVE times (in a 69 minute movie); the "attack" scenes are hysterical--you see the actors valiantly "struggling" with what is plainly a large rubber bat and the acting is pretty awful.
I'm giving this a 3 just for Lugosi. Despite the stupid material he manages to give out a very credible, well-done acting job. Whenever he's on screen he gives the role his all. I especially love how he says "Goodbye" to each victim after giving them his lotion.
Almost enjoyable in a good/bad way--ALMOST. Worth seeing for Lugosi fans but nobody else.