Are Vampire Bats Killing People?
The Vampire Bat (1933) es un genre bending film (enlace de afiliado) starring Lionel Atwill. Aparentemente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, un cortometraje destinado a ser el aperitivo de la película principal en un programa doble.
Majestic Pictures produjo la película, que fue dirigida por Frank R. Strayer. Strayer utiliza principalmente mal en escena para crear la atmósfera de la película. La película comienza con un vigilante de la ciudad caminando por las calles de la lámpara encendida. The watchman looks up in a tree, que está habitada por murciélagos. A scream is heard from a nearby street causing the bats to scatter.
Fotograma de The Vampire Bat (1933)
Strayer luego muestra a la oficina del Burgermeister Gustave Schoen, where town leaders are discussing the recent murders. Schoen, interpretado por Lionel Belmore, reads from a 1643 town record about the hanging of a man convicted of vampirism. The record also states all bats were caught and killed. The Chief of Police dismisses the record and tells them strongly they are looking for a human being not a vampire or bat.
Aún desde el palo de vampiro (1933)
El Jefe de la Policía Karl Brettschnieder, played by Melvyn Douglas, es ayudado en su investigación por el Dr.. Otto Von Nieman, interpretado por Lionel Atwill. Von Nieman does not know what to think about the murders but believes people can transform into strange apparitions due to evil or illness. Asistente de Von Nieman, Ruth, played by Fay Wray, es el interés amoroso de Karl. She would be King Kong’s love interest in the movie King Kong (1933) released in the same year as The Vampire Bat.
El sospechoso pobladores Herman Glieb, interpretado por Dwight Frye. Glieb keeps the bats as pets but Brettschnieder doubts Herman could hurt anyone. Glieb reinforces this impression, when he runs away screaming after the latest victim is found.
Despite it’s status as a “B” película, Strayer’s use of mise-en-scene to recreate the atmosphere of Drácula (1931) y Frankenstein (1931) makes this film a classic 1930s horror film. The acting of Lionel Atwill also helped. La película corre alrededor 65 minutes.
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