Bats (DVD)

Well, I suppose it has been a long time in coming hasn’t it? Bats have long been associated with horror movies and indeed all things supernatural and macabre but they have yet to have been given a movie all to themselves. We have seen spiders, snakes, rats and just about everything else which humans have an irrational fear of being given the horror movie treatment for our insatiable desire to get the guano scared out of us, so it was high time that bats got their own movie too. Of course, they have long been associated with vampires etc. but never, to my knowledge, has their been a movie in which they get the starring role...damn, even bees beat them too it! ...  Read the complete review

Could this possibly be one of the worst films ever made??? I think it is. This film has a bad reputation so when I saw it I wasn't expecting much, but in my mind I was prepared that it may be quite good because you can never really judge a film until you've seen it. But even with low expectations this film still sucked. As an experiment a type of fruit bat is contaminated with a disease, so it becomes carnivourous, smarter and it can be controlled. The person who created them sets them free. Soon they are murdering their way through a small town. A bat expert is called it to help. Along with a local sheriff. They meet this scientist and he tells them of ...  Read the complete review

Surprisingly, I am giving this B-horror movie-esque film a decent star rating. Currently in cinemas, it's a movie about a bunch of killer bats infected with some virus designed to make them super intelligent and murderous. Silly it is, and the plot may be reminiscent of 'Deep Blue Sea', but at least the sharks looked real in that, whereas here the bats look like plastic gargoyles. There is the evil scientist, the compulsory good looking scientist female heroine and a sheriff (that's the bit that's like 'Lake Placid'). Overall, it isn't scarey and it isn't original, but it is rare to see films like this actually make it to the ...  Read the complete review

Made in 1999, I have heard a few rubbish reports about this film, but decided to personally check it out ? and boy were those reports spot on! I've seen some bad films, and this was pretty bad. Every minute detail about the film was poor. Plus it was a comedy trying to show how bad the genre is, but not working as a comedy or an action film. Bats is just all-out bad. The film is about some mutated bats that are spreading across the south-west, killing people and cars in their way. The government sends for a bat expert played by Dina Meyer who now they think might help to find the root of the problems and stop it from spreading across the North ...  Read the complete review

Bats is a fun, chuck-away, modern day B-Movie, with little plot to get in the way and some truely comical special effects. A town is terrorised by genetically mutated killer bats, created by a stereotypical nutty professor, and only the overly beautiful heroine (Dina Meyer), and her quick thinking cohorts are on hand to save the day. Plot aside, Bats is a fun little, low budget Hollywood romp, and there is enough going on to sustain interest. The bats are somewhat comical looking, and their is little to frighten here, but the film holds its own with nice little touches threading it all together. The DVD features a good range of features including ...  Read the complete review