Are Vampire Bats Killing People?
The Vampire Bat (1933) er tegund beygja kvikmynd aðalhlutverki Lionel Atwill. Ostensibly, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, stuttmynd ætlað að vera appetizer fyrir helstu myndinni á tvöföldum frumvarp.
Glæsilegu Myndir framleiddi kvikmynd, sem var leikstýrt af Frank R. Strayer. Strayer notar aðallega not-en-vettvangur til að búa til andrúmsloft fyrir kvikmyndina. Myndin hefst með bænum varðmanni ganga í gegnum lampa kveikt götum. The watchman looks up in a tree, sem er búið af geggjaður. A scream is heard from a nearby street causing the bats to scatter.
Enn frá the Vampire Bat (1933)
Strayer sker þá á skrifstofu Burgermeister Gustave Schoen, where town leaders are discussing the recent murders. Schoen, leikin af 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.
Enn frá the Vampire Bat (1933)
Lögreglustjórans Karl Brettschnieder,played by Melvyn Douglas, er aðstoðarmaður í rannsókn hans Dr. Otto Von Nieman, lýst með 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. Aðstoðarmaður von Nieman er, Ruth, played by Fay Wray, er ást áhuga Karl. She would be King Kong’s love interest in the movie King Kong (1933) released in the same year as The Vampire Bat.
Townspeople grunar Herman Glieb, leikin af 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” kvikmynd, Strayer’s use of mise-en-scene to recreate the atmosphere of Dracula (1931) og Frankenstein (1931) makes this film a classic 1930s horror film. The acting of Lionel Atwill also helped. Myndin (tengja hlekkur) runs about 65 mínútur.
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