The devil bat was really the beginning of the end of bela lugosis serious acting career. Also known as killer bats, the film earned a sequel five years later devil bats. Bela lugosi, suzanne kaaren, david obrien a chemist feels betrayed by the company owners who have profited from his discoveries. Not an official trailer for the devil bat but one look and you can easily make up your mind if you want to see it. Color white black red green blue yellow magenta cyan. Indeed,if one considers all of these b film quickies, the best by far is the devil bat. However, bela lugosi is what really makes this movie enjoyable. I mean, not many movie mad scientists are actually disgruntled employees of a cosmetics company. Bela lugosi plays a frankensteinlike mad scientist who creates a big mutant. Interested in bringing the devil bat to your school or library. The film stars bela lugosi along with suzanne kaaren. Rock n roll facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Staring bela lugosi in one of his most memorable mad scientist roles.
A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it. The devil bat is enjoyable given the limitations of the day, like white zombie. Noone suspected that in his home laboratory on a hillside overlooking the magnificent estate of martin heath, the doctor found time to conduct certain private experiments weird, terrifying experiments. Bela lugosi stars in the devil bat, playing a scientist who wants to get even with a company he feels cheated him. The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers releasing corporation prc and directed by. The effects are clunky, with fake looking bats that either glide around like a childs kite or hang lifelessly from their perch. Its all here, mad doctor, wisecracking newspaper men, lazy sheriff, hot maid ahh, frenchie. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a particular perfume he has. Seeking revenge upon the men, the chemist has bred a. Brothers, i am a huge fan of the cult horror film, the devil bat 1940 and actor bela lugosi. Gallery of 12 movie poster and cover images for the devil bat 1940.
The devil bat 1940 aka killer bats all heathville loved paul carruthers, their kindly village doctor. The devil bat 1940 and you call yourself a scientist. Remastered edition after the production code frced the major studios to shy away from morbidity, violence, and the supernatural, bela lugosi dracula found refuge in a place where horror was not only allowed, but enjoying a lowbudget renaissance. Information from its description page there is shown below. The film stars bela lugosi along with suzanne kaaren, guy usher, yolande mallott and the comic team of dave obrien and donald kerr as the protagonists. The devil bat 1940 in anaglyph 3d complete film youtube. The devil bat preceded lugosis socalled monogram nine nine films the actor made for another poverty row house, monogram pictures, between 1941 and 44, when his career. Kino classics bluray of the devil bat is a great restoration of this prc film from 1940. The devil bat 1940 is lugosi at his otherworldly, menacing best in a role made to capitalize on his most famous, iconic performance as cinemas greatest vampire in tod brownings dracula 1931. The devil bat is a 1940 scifi horror film, directed by jean yarborough and starring bela lugosi. The socalled devil bat is just a big rubber mockup, except for several out of focus closeups showing what is clearly a fruiteating flying fox. Good printing elements for many prc films from this era can be tough, as most poverty row film libraries changed hands several times when companies folded and their films were sold to television. Devil bats daughter is a 1946 american horror film.
He completely owns this movie giving a performance where hes just so delightfully twisted and. The devil bat is a lowbudget effort, and i admit its a bit goofy. With bela lugosi, suzanne kaaren, dave obrien, guy usher. The title and the main role seem to suggest a vampire flick, but it literally is about a bata bat that has been enlarged by the literally mad scientist dr. An after shave that attracts a killer bat what a hoot. There are newspaper references to peoria, springfield and chicago, so we can assume this is in illinois. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and.
Genres horror, suspense, science fiction director jean yarbrough starring bela lugosi, suzanne kaaren, dave obrien. After reading the description of this movie there was no way i was going to miss it. A village chemist bela lugosi is training a group of oversized bats to get revenge on his business partners. The devil bat is definately my favorite of belas poverty row flicks, maybe my favorite of all pr movies. He uses his devil bat, a rubber bat attatched to a wire hanger assisted by stock footage to terrorize the heath family bout that time them heath boys got attacked by the devil bat. Despite its supposed descent from the 1940 bela lugosi antiepic the devil bat, there is nothing here that would allow this films classification as science fiction. The devil bat 1940 in film is a black andwhite comedy filmhorror film movie produced by producers releasing.
Paul carruthers is a scientist who designed a perfume for a company, then sold off his shares. Paul carruthers bela lugosi is frustrated because he thinks his employers, mary heath suzanne kaaren and henry morton guy usher, have cheated him out of the companys profits. From prc, i especially liked hitler beast of berlin a wellproduced story about the german antinazi resistance, the black raven and dead men walk. The entertaining, lowbudget stinker the devil bat was the first horror film from the poverty row studio producers releasing corporation prc. Hes trained his brood of bloodhungry bats to kill on command. Had i thought of writing such a book from the viewpoint of the heroic reporter, johnny laytons account as if this were a true story i would have had some of the characters a little closer to their cinematic counterparts. This is a post processed 3d version of the 1940 horror comedy film.
The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers releasing corporation prc and directed by jean yarborough. This page contains a listing of every horror movie on this website. The devil bat is a 1940 film about a mad scientist who develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it directed by jean yarbrough. This bad 1940 b horror comedy from poverty row studio prc has an abysmal script, bad acting and a shoestring budget. The original film is is the public domain and the 3d. Nevertheless, the film has a certain oldtimey charm, helped tremendously by a funny bela lugosi, who sends a giant killer bat to off the people wearing his new aftershave. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, heath and morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. Paul carruthers of heathville, a deceptively genteel scientist who secretly harbors a murderous hatred for the wealthy local. The devil bat is a generic yet charming piece of classic horror, good for casual viewing. Island of doomed men 1940 68 min peter lorre full movie version classic rare duration.
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