Why?
My mom had seen this movie and decided that she wanted me to see it. I happily agreed because the name itself is just amazing.
What in the world?
A doctor/scientist is upset that he can't negotiate and decides to take out those who did him wrong.
Personal thoughts
This movie was amazing. The science for the devil bat was very interesting and made no sense but I loved it. I mean who thought that electrocuting a bat would just make it bigger. I'm not quite sure that he electrocuted the bat though because the electricity effects never touched the bat. The motivation for the murders was so weird. The doctor/scientist (Dr. Carruthers) sold out his compound for cosmetics and was upset that he could have gotten more money or something. I personally don't understand business deals and buying out things so that would have gone over my head regardless of the legality behind it. To murder everyone and their children that bought your compound is a little insane but it is a horror movie. The evil lair of Dr. Carruthers was a little confusing. You have the main lab with an electric room through a door to the left and then you have a hidden passage through a bookshelf. Now that wouldn't be that bad, if that hidden passage wasn't just a hallway to a different hidden passage through the wall. This hidden passage led to his bat room obviously. SO what is the point of having a hidden hallway if the only thing it connects to is a room. I didn't quite understand the architect/Dr. Carruthers motivation behind the lair layout but that's alright. To make the bat go kill the correct people, Dr. Carruthers had a special after-shave lotion that would attract the bat. This part was so weird and perfect because, if I remember correctly, that was the same compound that he sold to the cosmetic people. I hope I remembered correctly because that would be such poetic justice for a horror movie.
Score
I have to give this movie a 9 out of 10. I freaking loved this movie. For being a little over an hour, it was one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in a long time. I didn't find much in this movie to roll my eyes at, but the camera man ("One Shot" McGuire) and the maid were a little annoying to me. The maid didn't speak much through the movie and was just giving me weird vibes. Here is something that bothered me the most and it was only a couple of seconds long. One Shot said he was already part of the Heath family because he was going to marry the maid. Hey buddy that's not how that works. If anything you're marrying an employee of the family not marrying into the family itself. Other than that, I liked all the other characters surprisingly. Dr. Carruthers was my favorite besides the bat, of course.
The Devil Bat
I don't think you understand how much I love this bat. This bat gave me so much joy through the movie that I'm tempted to show it to my friends. When I first saw the bat hanging, I thought it was herbs. Something about the design of the bat just gave herb vibes. I was then told by my mom that it's a bat. This was further shown by the close up shots of a bat's face. This bat was very cute (and clearly not the other bat) and might not have been a bat at all. Let me explain. Almost every time there was a shot of the bat's face, it would make what sounded like bird noises. Is it a bat or a bird? No. It's a devil bat so I think that excuses the bird sounds. When the devil bat would fly around, that is what my mother deemed a flying football. He was a thing of grace and his flying was so unnatural. I love this bat so much!! He would scream as he would attack his victims and that was very weird. The victims did deserve to die because they would just stand there. At least go inside if you see something like that coming right at you. Since the murders were being covered by a newspaper, we would see newspaper articles related to it. There would be a silhouette of a bat on the newspaper that was also clearly not the devil bat. He was just doing his job and he was the shining star of the movie in my opinion.
Watch what you love,
Your fellow film watcher
