The Devil Bat

 


The Devil Bat (1940)

The Plot: An aggrieved scientist, angry that his contributions to the success of the perfume company he works for, devises a plan to kill his enemies.

You can't really go wrong with a horror movie starring Bela Legosi. He just has that look. And here in Devil Bat he plays a mad scientist of sorts. A perfume chemist and medical doctor by trade, hey! Bela is a hard working, motivated man! He is really upset at being denied his proper due. So what does he do? What any sane man would do. Why he devises a method to grow hideously large bats, of course, using electricity, natch!

Just a man in his workshop with an electrified bat

As if hideously large bats were not enough, he then invents a perfume that will attract the hideously large bats who will attack the jugular veins of whomever is wearing the perfume. It's the perfect crime! He keeps the bats in his attic store room, which was suspiciously clean of guano. I don't know much about bats but I do know that there is a special word just for their poop which not every animal gets. But here, no guano at all! One must consider that the mutation of these bats somehow makes them guano free. He probably should've concentrated on that miracle of science instead of killing his rivals. But then again, he wouldn't be a mad scientist if he used his powers for good. 

There's no guano on me

Surprisingly, this plans works really well and he does indeed kill several of his co-workers. One must also note that the hideously large bats are not quiet. They screech like a high pitched scream when advancing on their victims. The last sound these poor folks heard was a high pitched screech before a guano-less bat pierced their jugular vein. The cops are puzzled, but not the journalist! Its the newspaper man who gets to the bottom of things, dousing Bela in his own perfume and, well, he just lets the hideously large guano-less screeching bats do the rest.

Please try Bela's fragrant non-bat attracting perfume today!

The Devil Bat is simple straight forward fun. Maybe not too terrifying due to the obvious non-wing flapping bats clearly on wires, but it's the thought that counts! I give The Devil Bat 5 hideously large bats!


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