Sharp fanged blood sucking death dives from midnight skies!
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From bottom of the barrel PRC comes a quickie in all respects of the term. It even dispenses entirely with a first act (instead we get a ‘Foreword’) and plunges us straight into giant bat action. … The elements of Lugosi, his baggy saggy cloth friends, and touches like the little cardboard cut-out bat silhouette that flies over all those hysterical newspaper headlines, have rightly made The Devil Bat a bad film fan favourite. The 1946 sequel, Devil Bat’s Daughter, possesses none of the things that make the first film such a hoot (or rather, screech) and can safely be avoided.
John Llewellyn Probert, FrightFest Guide: Mad Doctor Movies (FAB Press, 2023)
Selected disc options for The Devil Bat
| Extras | Kino BD-A/US 2013 | Legend DVD-1/US 2008 | Rph DVD-0/US/OOP 2002 | Roan Group DVD-1/US/OOP 1999 |
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| Audio Commentary by Richard Harland Smith | has extra | |||
| Audio Commentary by Bela Lugosi Jr. and Ted Newsom | has extra | |||
| Stills Gallery | has extra | |||
| Film Notes | has extra | |||
| Suspense: “The Dr. Prescribed Death” - With Actor Bela Lugosi | has extra |
Notes
- Legend’s DVD contains no extras.
- Roan Group’s “Double Feature” DVD also includes The Corpse Vanishes (1942).