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03/19/02
Bats (1999)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:7
Rotten:34
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Neither scary nor creepy.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: An unruly gang of genetically altered bats threatens to take over a small western town. Now it's up to a bat expert (Dina Meyer) and the local sheriff (Lou Diamond Phillips from LA BAMBA) to stop... [More]
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon
Director: Louis Morneau
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Reviews for Bats
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03/24/02
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12/08/02
An unholy, humourless splicing of The Birds and The Swarm, with neither the true terror of the first or hokey charm of the latter.
01/01/00
Having your own house infested with bats would be more welcome.
03/04/03
You might be surprised at the tension that pervades this enjoyably cheesy movie.
04/17/01
It should provide a welcome fix for many horror film addicts.
08/02/02
Well, let’s not judge Destination Films on the basis of just one film. If we did, it would be a studio set to flap its wings and fly off into oblivion really soon.
01/01/00
It's no knockout, but it's fun and gets the job done in a nonmalicious way, which more of today's punishing filmmakers should emulate.
07/21/05
Top CriticA movie that's too unintentionally funny to be scary.
02/24/09
Top Critic...uried in clichés and swarms of mutant-like bats who, at a distance, look like nothing more than inkblots with hidden agendas.
01/01/00
The bat attacks are a series of violent camera pans rendering everything a blur; the continuity and computer-generated imagery is dire; and the dialogue stinks, as do the performances.
06/24/06
Low-rent horror garbage, and one of those rare theatrical outings that actually deserves to be relegated to the junk bin at video stores across the world.
01/01/00
The film skillfully mixes in humor (thanks in great part to the straight-faced clichéd phrases and no-nonsense lines delivered by Leon) without undermining the tension.
06/05/02
Bats has nothing to do with baseball or Bela Lugosi. Too bad, because either would be a welcome distraction from this cheesy B-flick about genetically altered man-eating bats.
02/21/04
Top CriticDirector Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere.
01/01/00
Mainly it made me wish I was watching the Murnau film instead.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
We've been there, and we've done that. The only difference in this film from director Louis Morneau is that our heroes end up chest-deep in a river of bat droppings.
01/01/00
Without any vampires, there's a lack of material for fans to sink their teeth into.
01/01/00
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