Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

Bat Vampire (1933) est genre bending film (affiliate link) starring Lionel Atwill. Per speciem, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, brevis film intelligitur esse GUSTUS, consectetur adipiscing enim duplici cautionem.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet produci magnifica, quae facta est R by. Strayer. Strayer maxime usus con-en-scaena, ut faciat in dolor amet. In film incipit cum oppido custos venit per plateas accenso. The watchman looks up in a tree, qui habitatur ab vespertiliones. A scream is heard from a nearby street causing the bats to scatter.

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Sed de Vampire Bat (1933)

Strayer et secet ad officium Burgermeister Gustave Schoen, where town leaders are discussing the recent murders. Schoen, porro 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.

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Sed ab Lamia Bat (1933)

Praefectus vigilum Karl Brettschnieder, played by Melvyn Douglas, inquisitio est Dr adiuvatur. Otto Von Nieman, ope 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. Von Nieman adiutorem, Ruth, played by Fay Wray, est amor interest Karl. She would be King Kong’s love interest in the movie King Kong (1933) released in the same year as Bat Vampire.

Oppidani cum suspecta Herman Glieb, porro 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” film, Strayer’s use of mise-en-scene to recreate the atmosphere of Dracula (1931) et Frankenstein (1931) makes this film a classic 1930s horror film. The acting of Lionel Atwill also helped. The film discurrit 65 minutes.

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