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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... 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 them, before they reduce the town to a pile of guano. The DVD version is the Unrated Director's Cut! [More]

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon, Carlos Jacott

Director: Louis Morneau

Director: Louis Morneau
Screenwriter: John Logan

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01/01/00
Jon Popick
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12/08/02
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Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/19/02
Globe and Mail

An unholy, humourless splicing of The Birds and The Swarm, with neither the true terror of the first or hokey charm of the latter.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

Having your own house infested with bats would be more welcome.

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03/04/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

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.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

A movie that's too unintentionally funny to be scary.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
02/24/09
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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...uried in clichés and swarms of mutant-like bats who, at a distance, look like nothing more than inkblots with hidden agendas.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

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.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

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.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
02/21/04
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Director Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Mainly it made me wish I was watching the Murnau film instead.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/01/00
Gary Mairs
Gary Mairs
culturevulture.net

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01/01/00
Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Without any vampires, there's a lack of material for fans to sink their teeth into.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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One of those movies where you have to get popcorn just to throw it at the screen.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Brundage
James Brundage
Filmcritic.com

You really want to like it. It's kind of funny in a simple, old-fashioned kind of way, like the B-movies of old. But it really doesn't have much energy or imagination.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/03/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Treat yourself to a quality cinematic experience. Go to the theatre and see anything else that's playing.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
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