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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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Reviews for Bats
An unholy, humourless splicing of The Birds and The Swarm, with neither the true terror of the first or hokey charm of the latter.
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.
...uried in clichés and swarms of mutant-like bats who, at a distance, look like nothing more than inkblots with hidden agendas.
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.
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.
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.
Director Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere.
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.
Without any vampires, there's a lack of material for fans to sink their teeth into.
One of those movies where you have to get popcorn just to throw it at the screen.
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.
Treat yourself to a quality cinematic experience. Go to the theatre and see anything else that's playing.
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