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03/19/02
Bats (1999)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:7
Rotten:33
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Neither scary nor creepy.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: An unruly gang of genetically altered bats threatens to take over a small western town. Now it's up to a bat expert (Dina Meyer) and the local sheriff (Lou Diamond Phillips from LA BAMBA) to stop... [More]
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon
Director: Louis Morneau
Reviews for Bats
Shaving the corns off of your toes is time better spent.
02/14/01
Well, let’s not judge Destination Films on the basis of just one film. If we did, it would be a studio set to flap its wings and fly off into oblivion really soon.
01/01/00
...uried in clichés and swarms of mutant-like bats who, at a distance, look like nothing more than inkblots with hidden agendas.
01/01/00
Low-rent horror garbage, and one of those rare theatrical outings that actually deserves to be relegated to the junk bin at video stores across the world.
01/01/00
Director Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere.
01/01/00
Mainly it made me wish I was watching the Murnau film instead.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
We've been there, and we've done that. The only difference in this film from director Louis Morneau is that our heroes end up chest-deep in a river of bat droppings.
01/01/00
Without any vampires, there's a lack of material for fans to sink their teeth into.
01/01/00
One of those movies where you have to get popcorn just to throw it at the screen.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Masquerading as a Halloween season horror film, this noisy version of a washed-out formula is cause for fright in only one respect: the possibility that it could spawn sequels.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo amount of low expectations could truly prepare you for the horror of watching this film.
01/01/00
Granted, the bat/vampire crossover audience might find something here, but only, I think, if they're tremendously bored.
01/01/00
Typically, the movie never gets around to mentioning why the government bred these genius bats. To discourage nightlife? To enforce curfews?
01/01/00
The script is full of hopelessly banal dialogue, completely lacking in camp value other than the fact Phillips bears a striking resemblance to notorious porn star Peter North.
01/01/00
Bats attacking bad actors. Sounds good to me!
01/01/00
The movie falls back on every tired horror movie cliché.
01/01/00
Bats has the look and feel of a film which really belongs in the straight to video category but it has just enough cheap thrills for genre buffs to give it a look.
01/01/00
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