The devil bat was the first horror film made by the producers releasing company, a lowbudget indie, rebuilt from the failed producers distributing corporation. Hes trained his brood of bloodhungry bats to kill on command dr. Small town pyrotechnic practitioner kevins life is all normal until he meets christine. It stars bela lugosi, suzanne kaaren, dave obrien, donald kerr and gary usher. And the mark of this lowerechelon poverty row studio is all over the devil bat. This cosmetics company made his partners a fortune. Good in techicolour for the time 1943 than black and white. Devil bat s daughter is a 1946 american horror film.
In many of his movies, bela lugosi has bats in his belfry. Horror devil bat, the 1941 bela lugosi, dave obrien, suzanne kaaren. A village chemist bela lugosi is training a group of oversized bats to get revenge on his business partners. He uses his devil bat, a rubber bat attatched to a wire hanger assisted by stock footage to terrorize the heath family bout that time them heath boys got attacked by the devil bat. Bela lugosi stars in the devil bat, playing a scientist who wants to get even with a company he feels cheated him. Media in category the devil bat the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. The devil bat may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities.
The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers releasing corporation prc and directed by jean yarborough. Plot sees lugosi as a fed up cosmetic chemist who decides. Their song the devil is bad became their greatest hit. Also known as killer bats, the film earned a sequel five years later devil bat s. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, heath and morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. In an unnamed big city, the editor of the daily register sends for johnny layton, who is shudder a distillation of every reporter cliche ever concocted by the movies, as we. Oct 31, 2012 the devil bat is a lowbudget effort, and i admit its a bit goofy. Find vector funny devil bat wings stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Its hardly a classic in fact the whole thing is pretty goofy and none of the actors seem to take it seriously that is, except for bela. Rosemary laplanche, john james, michael hale, mollie lamont, monica mars, nolan leary, edward cassidy, eddie kane screenplay. The devil bat, dvd, manufactured on demand, horrormonsters, 644827262922. Since he was a child, sena had been bullied into running errands which has given him superb speed which the american football team captain wants as part of eye shield 21lightning speed.
Bela lugosi the evil professor leading people to believe is sad experiences but using them for his own puropse. Now, mary heaths dismissal of don morton is of course the cue for the introduction of the films hero, and for the devil bat, which up until now has been nonstop fun, to become an exercise in pain. But only in the devil bat does he really have bats in his belfry, or at least in the secret chamber behind his hidden laboratory. The devil bat is a lowbudget effort, and i admit its a bit goofy. A girl lies catatonic in a bunk at the back of the sheriffs office of wardsley, having. With rochelle davis, ruby larocca, conrad brooks, george stover. Belas giant murderous bats are on the loose, attacking and killing everone wearing a strange shaving lotion concocted by bela himself. The lore of werewolves is told in every age and this one has a new take on it. Paul carruthers is a scientist who designed a perfume for a company, then sold off his shares. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day.
A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it. Information from its description page there is shown below. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today. Carruthers, out of a misplaced sense of revenge, decides to experiment on a bat to make it large. The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers. Logo devil bat beautiful icon stylized stock vector. Also known as killer bats, the film earned a sequel five years later devil bats. Success came quickly as they toured with bands such as dc talk on their supernatural tour. With bela lugosi, suzanne kaaren, dave obrien, guy usher. The bat looks like its bought from a halloween shop and there isnt any set design to speak of besides the. Devil bats daughter is a 1946 american horror film.
As with most prc pictures, it had a budget under 100 000 dollars, and it shows. Jan 11, 2015 the studio was founded in 1939 and the devil bat was only its tenth film. Within a year they had produced their first album, fourth from the last. A wolf man, dracula, a bat and a devil free vector. Pdf download step up chillers tales of terror stepup classic chillers. The devil bat is directed by jean yarbrough and written by george bricker and john t. The legendary horror icon, beloved and cherished for giving horror cinema one of the most indelible portrayals of the vampire dracula and introducing the world to the nowcliche hunchback in son of frankenstein, is shockingly upstaged by a giant winged rodent on a. Vous voila pret pour voir the devil bat, realise par jean yarborough. Good printing elements for many prc films from this era can be tough, as most poverty row film libraries changed hands several times when companies folded and their films were sold to television. The socalled devil bat is just a big rubber mockup, except for several out of focus closeups showing what is clearly a fruiteating flying fox. Most of the films budget must have gone into lugosis lab and film stock. The devil bat is available for free download at the internet archive the devil bat at allmovie.
Kino classics bluray of the devil bat is a great restoration of this prc film from 1940. The studio was founded in 1939 and the devil bat was only its tenth film. Island of doomed men 1940 68 min peter lorre full movie version classic rare duration. The circuit full movie olivier gruner, brandon lamberty, brandon frenkie, guillemo almejo duration. Youll find out 12 1940 horror comedy eng sub ita peter lorre, boris. The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers releasing corporation prc and directed by.
The logical indian fact check team investigated the claim that an italian church was attacked by islamic forces. Vector funny devil bat wings stock vector royalty free. The devil bat 1940 in film is a black andwhite comedy filmhorror film movie produced by producers releasing. The latter is a shewolf was on her way to be transferred to a. Italian words for bat include pipistrello, mazza, racchetta, battuta, battere, paletta, mazza da cricket and grosso bastone. The film stars bela lugosi along with suzanne kaaren, guy usher, yolande mallott and the comic team of dave obrien and donald kerr as the protagonists. I mean, not many movie mad scientists are actually disgruntled employees of a cosmetics company. The effects are clunky, with fake looking bats that either glide around like a childs kite or hang lifelessly from their perch. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a. The devil bat is a 1940 blackandwhite american horror film produced by producers releasing corporation and directed by jean yarborough. Revenge of the devil bat is a modern day sequel to the popular 1940s bela lugosi movie the devil bat. Testament to the films lowly origins is the appearance of charismatic exploitation film actor dave o. Straight out of poverty row is this prc production thats as bonkers as it is fun.
Jan 24, 2012 the devil bat 1940 bela lugosi duration. The devil bat is a 1940 film about a mad scientist who develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it directed by jean yarbrough. The story is silly to us now, but quite engaging and entertaining all the same. Rock n roll facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Download this free vector about a wolf man, dracula, a bat and a devil, and discover more than 7 million professional graphic resources on freepik. Although described as a sequel, prcs 1946 film devil bat s. Ogg multiplexed audiovideo file, theoravorbis, length 1 h 8 min 10 s, 400. The devil bat 1940 horror, drama, scifi bela lugosi, suzanne. Devil bat royalty free cliparts, vectors, and stock illustration. Find logo devil bat beautiful icon stylized stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. The devil bat is a 1940 scifi horror film, directed by jean yarborough and starring bela lugosi. This is one of those priceless b schlockers that has an almost uncanny appeal to it. Bela lugosi may be the star of the devil bat, but its the devil bat itself that steals the show in the end.
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