Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Rainey Dawn Another good old fashioned Bela Lugosi horror film about a "mad" scientist. Lugosi is as wicked as ever in this horror classic.A simple plot: Bela Lugosi is Dr. Paul Carruthers - a bitter scientist with his eye out for revenge. He enlarges a bat and creates an aftershave lotion. The aftershave lotion attracts the "devil" bat to the person that wears it and kills them.This is a good late night film for lovers of vampires, bats, horror and classic film fans. I enjoyed this film as much as I have other of Lugosi's movies.8/10

Spikeopath Imbecile, Bombastic, Ignoramus.The Devil Bat is directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by George Bricker and John T. Neville. It stars Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Donald Kerr and Gary Usher. Straight out of Poverty Row is this PRC production that's as bonkers as it is fun. Plot sees Lugosi as a fed up cosmetic chemist who decides that the company he provides his inventions for have not done right by him financially. So in his secret laboratory at home he breeds big killer bats, bats that he rears to kill anyone wearing the scent of aftershave lotion that he has handed out to the targets of his ire. As the bodies begin to mount up and the press whip up a devil bat on the loose storm, journalists Henry Layden (O'Brien) and "One Shot McGuire" close in on the source of the town's terror.The low budget is often evident, be it props and sets that shouldn't move etc, but at just over an hour in length this gets in and does its job with a sort of carefree abandon that is to be admired. Lugosi is having fun shifting from borderline mania to crafty dastard with a sense of humour, and of course there are big scary bats that shriek before homing in for the girl. Result! The flaws are obvious throughout, not least that Lugosi ends up playing second fiddle to the journalists' blend of bravado and buffoonery, but as time fillers go, and as Lugosi's Poverty Row Horrors go, this is impossible to dislike and not have a good time with. 6/10

Scott LeBrun Out of the "poverty row" productions that star Bela Lugosi made during this period, the diverting "The Devil Bat" is considered to be one of his most notorious - and it's a certainly fun one, although that has a lot to do with Bela himself, who gives his all as usual. The premise makes for agreeably goofy entertainment; direction (by Jean Yarbrough), script (by John T. Neville), and acting are all basically adequate.Bela plays Dr. Carruthers, the beloved and supposedly benevolent doctor in the employ of a cosmetics company in a small town. He's actually quite disgruntled because he hasn't been sufficiently rewarded for his special formula (although this is largely his own fault because of a choice he made). Now he breeds bats in his private laboratory, grows them to a large size, and trains them to savagely attack any person unlucky enough to dab on his super duper "experimental" shaving lotion. A reporter, Johnny Layton (Dave O'Brien), attempts to solve the mystery."The Devil Bat" is much more amusing than scary, but it's so damn amusing that it's a hoot to watch. Bela looks to be enjoying himself in the lead. The ladies present are attractive: Suzanne Kaaren as Mary Heath, and Yolande Donlan as French accented maid Maxine. O'Brien is likable as the reporter who's not as pushy or obnoxious as some reporter characters from this time period. Donald Kerr adds silly comedy relief as his goof ball photographer / sidekick "One-Shot" McGuire. Adding to the appeal is the way the movie cuts from obviously phony prop bats in wide shots to close ups of real bats. And it's nice to see some of the trappings from the horror films of the time, such as the obligatory laboratory equipment and the secret passageways.This is the kind of thing that gets high marks for entertainment value, if not quality.Seven out of 10.

LeonLouisRicci Screechy giant bat swoops down again and again to munch on wearers of a Tibetan formula after shave, invented to take revenge on those money grubbers who "swindled", by the disgruntled scientist played by the forever willing to work Bela Lugosi. This ultra-low budget programmer has one reason to exist to this day. The aforementioned Mr. Lugosi and his hordes of devoted fans. It seems to them that he can do no wrong, and maybe he doesn't, expect that he appears here and we are subjected to the rest, if we are to pay homage.The film is terrible in almost every respect. The mad lab scenes are slightly effective, and the bat itself is passable, but both are used to extreme tedium. The acting and script is "read" to little more than recitation and the whole wretched mess is not fun to watch even for "bad" movie aficionados.So, new viewers be warned, and the rest...give it a rest...and call it what it is. A plodding, pathetic movie from all involved, except...you guessed it...Bela Lugosi, but even he cannot do anything more than make it a reason to screen and that's just not enough.