The Bat People

1974
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

2.8/10

2.7K

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After being bitten by a bat in a cave, a doctor undergoes an accelerating transformation into a man-bat, which ruins his vacation and causes considerable distress for his wife.After being bitten by a bat in a cave, a doctor undergoes an accelerating transformation into a man-bat, which ruins his vacation and causes considerable distress for his wife.After being bitten by a bat in a cave, a doctor undergoes an accelerating transformation into a man-bat, which ruins his vacation and causes considerable distress for his wife.

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IMDb RATING

2.8/10

2.7K

YOUR RATING

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Nurse
(as Jeni Kulik)
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Laurie Jefferson

Nurse
(as Laurie Brooks Jefferson)

Herb Pierce

Park Ranger
(uncredited)

Director
- Jerry Jameson
Writer
- Lou Shaw
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Trivia
The first feature film for makeup artist Stan Winston.

Goofs
Dr. Beck's field changes from caves, to bats, to "preventative medicine."

Quotes
Dr. John Beck: You're quite the philsopher!
Tramp: That's me: Jack-of-all-thoughts and master of none.

Alternate versions
For its 1999 airing on the cult series Mystery Science Theater 3000 there were some brief cuts made to the movie, which was shown under the alternate title "It Lives By Night." Among the cuts were the shot of the nurse laying dead after falling, the sequence of two lovers making out in a truck before the girl is killed in the trailer court, and the images of the sheriff preparing to shoot himself after being attacked by bats during the finale.

Connections
Featured in Movie Macabre: The Bat People (1982)

Soundtracks
Angel of Fear
Music by Artie Kane
Lyrics by Morgan Ames
Sung by Sally Stevens

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Featured review

3/10

Dreary Horror Tale.

Stewart Moss & Marianne McAndrew play a newlywed couple(married in real life as well) who go exploring Carlsbad Cavern, where Moss(Dr. John Beck)is bitten by a fruit bat after he falls into a hidden crevice. After he frees himself and goes home, he finds to his horror that he now transforms into a killer Man-Bat, who must drink blood in order to survive. He is helped by his sympathetic wife, but pursued by the local sheriff, who has designs on Mrs. Beck...

Film has a distinct aura of melancholy about it, and isn't badly acted at all, but is awfully slow-paced, with inadequate make up F/X by future Oscar Winner Stan Winston. Has some distinct atmosphere at times, but ultimately fails, despite a haunting final scene.