The Vampire Bat (1933)

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This is a fun little vampire film. There is an air of mystery and suspense surrounding the horror of the vampire with just enough comical moments thrown in to break up the drama.The villagers are beginning to suspect there is something more sinister to the murders happening in town - vampire bats? Or is it a vampire on the loose? Who is controlling the vampire bats or who is the vampire? Or is it just a twisted murderer on the loose instead of superstitious nonsense? You will have to watch the film to find out the answers! This is a great film if you are into older horror & vampire flicks! A good late night movie. I quite enjoyed this film.8/10

After several mysterious deaths around town, a town doctor and detective disprove the old town legend about vampires as the rising death toll suggests that vampire bats are the real culprit they band together to bring it to justice.This here wasn't all that bad and did have some good moments. One of the better features is that this here did get some rather atmospheric scenes at times, most notably the opening where a witness observes a figure leaving the scene of a crime on the rooftops from below though the trees. The combination of the setting and the scene taking place at night is a great combination and that there's other outside factors contributing to this one makes it all the better. The later confrontations inside the cave are quite fun which give off an air of suspense and creepiness, which is aided nicely by the sight of burning pitchforks and dogs barking off in the distance as well as features a lot of nice action since it's tagged off chasing scenes. Though these are presented as the follow-up scenes of many of these encounters, there's still plenty of energy here giving them some extra incentive to go alongside the rather fine mystery which is quite nicely layered with the attacks rousing the same local hysteria and mounting fear that's handedly played well with their dismissals and continued search leading them into fine territory with the action in the final half. These here are what make the film enjoyable though this here does have a few discernible flaws with it. One of the main ones is that this one doesn't know what kind of film it wants to be, as this one toys with vampires and killer vampire bats at several points, yet doesn't seem comfortable with either one as the villain. Despite strong evidence for both as the main target, they're automatically dismissed right when it makes sense at the time in the perfect opportunity given. The last flaw is that it doesn't really do much in the middle of the film. This is mostly relegated to talking about the situation on-hand and doesn't spend any time on the real heart of the story. That can make it seem like a drag, which isn't needed on a film this short. As well as the confusion over what happens in the finale, these here are what hold this one down.Today's Rating-PG: Mild Violence.

"Karl Brettschneider" (Melyvn Douglas) lives in the small village of Klineschloss and is investigating 6 strange deaths that have happened in as many weeks. The peculiar thing about them is that each person was totally drained of blood and had two small "bite marks" on their neck which has led the villagers to believe that these deaths are due to a vampire. Likewise, the fact that huge bats have been seen around town and a local man by the name of "Herman Gleib" just happens to collect bats as pets have convinced them that he is the vampire. But Karl isn't so sure about any of it. Yet as the deaths continue even he becomes more in tune with the idea. At any rate, rather than detail the rest of the movie and possibly spoil it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that for an older film of this nature it was at the very least watchable. I especially liked the addition of Fay Wray (as Karl's girlfriend "Ruth Bertin") whose presence at the very least added some nice scenery to the picture. In any case, as I stated earlier this film was certainly watchable and I rate it as about average.

interesting horror movie about a small German town whose townspeople are suddenly losing their blood when they wake up in the morning,, all but a police detective and his daughter believe that the ghastly murders were committed by a vampire.. the suspicions soon start to fall on the village idiot that everyone thinks is weird,, the police begin to investigate, and what they come up with doesn't seem to match,, so the question is did the town weirdo kill the people or did someone that the police overlook do it,, or was it a real vampire,, not a bad little horror lflick,, lot's of elements from different movies in here, that hint at Somnabulist's and the like,, very interesting,, only thing was the picture did drag in spots, and didn't seem like everything was tied together,, otherwise it's definitely worth watching.