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Bats

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A bat-loving zoologist in Gallup, Texas, must find a way to stop genetically altered bats from killing people.
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Neither scary nor creepy.

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader 02/24/2009
This bad-scientist movie about bats that attack humans and the humans who track them -- Texas sheriff Lou Diamond Phillips and zoologist Dina Meyer -- is played straight, though it wasn't intended to be taken that way. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire Associated Press 02/24/2009
A movie that's too unintentionally funny to be scary. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety 06/17/2008
A vigorously paced and surprisingly satisfying piece of work. Go to Full Review
David Day Horror Movie Talk Sep 18
5/10
By the time Bats was released, everyone was tired of this super generic creature feature kind of movie because it had been done to death. I think if it had been released in 92 instead of 99 we would all remember this movie fondly... Go to Full Review
Chuck Klosterman Akron Beacon Journal 10/30/2023
1/4
The mechanical bats... are among the worst movie props in recent history. Sometimes they look like cats with wings; sometimes they resemble gargoyles; sometimes they look like little gray Yodas with oversize incisor teeth. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 11/29/2009
0/4
Grade-A hunk of Ed Wood-level cheese. Go to Full Review
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Bruce M @BruceMc May 30 Not unenjoyable, but we've seen it all before. Thought the bats were okay. The movie would be better, though, it was played for laughs, like "Tremors." An extra point for Dina Meyers. See more Steve D 09/22/2023 Not scary but still fun. See more 07/06/2021 Wanting to watch Bats is just for the sole purpose of watching a horror B movie to add to your mental collection. It's very bland and a lot of it doesn't make any sense. If you'd like to hear Lou Diamond with a very "heavy" and "authentic" Texas accent while fighting off animatronic bats, then this is it. See more hasan bulut c 02/23/2021 one of the biggest problems of the film that it can't decide whether it is a horror comedy or a straight thriller. the film is not entirely unwatchable but this problem causes a big tonal issue. See more 01/27/2021 Well another movie where even the maddest of scientist would not be able to make the experiment work. Supposedly the scientist genetically altered a flying fox and it somehow got loose in Tx and started mating with the local bat population. Now most likely the local bats would be mexican free tailed bats which are I'm guessing about 7 or 8 times smaller than the flying fox. That would be like a Great dane mating with a miniature Chihuahua. Being mammals that would be a real tough on the poor female free tailed bats not to mention the poor thing trying to tuck the baby on board to suckle it. But it's not all bad the movie does have some decent actors like Lou Diamond Phillips so it's good to pass some time. See more 10/04/2020 This is exactly the B-horror movie it looks like. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A bat-loving zoologist in Gallup, Texas, must find a way to stop genetically altered bats from killing people.
Director
Louis Morneau
Producer
Bradley Jenkel, Louise Rosner
Screenwriter
John Logan
Distributor
Columbia Pictures, Destination Films
Production Co
Destination Films
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 22, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.1M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby EX, DTS, Surround, SDDS
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