The Movie
Dr. Carruthers is betrayed and cheated by his business partners.
He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them
on a killing mission.
- Directed by Jean Yarbrough
- Written by George Bricker
- Starring:
Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande
Donlan, Donald Kerr and Edmund Mortimer
- Released 1941
- 68 min
Review
Bela Lugosi plays against type as a mild-mannered perfumier who
is still bitter from having been denied credit for a successful
product. His revenge is particularly sweet in that he trains his
'devil bats' to seek out a certain scent - one found only in the
after shave he gives to his victims.
Not really a vampire movie at all, this really belongs in the niche
market of industrial espionage revenge films. But it deserves consideration
if only because of its considerable creepiness, and slowly building
plot.
An enjoyable film, with nicely times moments of humour among the
devil death attacks .... Nice one, Bela!
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