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What a Treasure of the DTV B-movie Creature Features of the 90's video era!!!

Joan Collins, John David Carson, Robert Lansing, Robert Pine, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott, and Pamela Susan Shoop in Empire of the Ants (1977)

Drew Barrymore, Sean Young, and Jeff Fahey in Sketch Artist (1992)

Clip their wings? Man, could you just shoot their damn heads off? And don't miss.

Dina Meyer, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Leon in Bats (1999)

Dina Meyer and Lou Diamond Phillips in Bats (1999)

Lou Diamond Phillips

Dina Meyer

Bob Gunton

John Logan

Genetically mutated bats escape and it&apos;s up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

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Bats

I wonder if anybody can name me a film about killer bats that&apos;s better than this one...

&quot;Bats&quot; had its theatrical run and was widely distributed on rental VHS/DVD. Videostores carried multiple copies which got rented fluently. Yet from the looks of it - its rating on here - most people thought this was bad. Boy, have they not seen &apos;bad&apos; yet. Things would get a lot worse in years to come with these type of films. For one thing, try watching the alleged sequel to &quot;Bats&quot; called &quot;Bats: Human Harvest&quot;. The thing was made in 2007, for TV and then dumped to DVD as well. Go watch it; it&apos;s about 5 times worse than this film. Then come back and tell me which is the bad film out of those two. Or go watch &quot;Fangs&quot; from 2001 (starring Corbin Bernsen). It&apos;s the silly version of &quot;Bats&quot;. I tell you, things can get a lot worse than this modest piece of killer bats entertainment. It even stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer. In &apos;worse&apos; movies, you can&apos;t even count on a cast like this anymore. So why the complaints &amp; puss-poor ratings on here?

I&apos;ve seen quite some crappy horror-movies already, and you can say what you want about &quot;Bats&quot;, but it&apos;s not a bad movie. Clichéd? Yes, kind of. Seen it all before? Yes, most likely. But the production values are more than just okay. It&apos;s well made. It looks good. Good camera work. The acting is more decent than what you normally can expect from a movie like this these days (like stuff produced by Sci-Fi Channel, The Asylum, need I continue?). I&apos;ve seen much, much worse special effects when it comes to the CGI used in this one. And there are actually some cool shots of animatronic bats to be admired (from puppets with full body movement to close-ups of their heads with moving ears, grinning teeth and blinking eyes - it&apos;s always a kick to see SFX artists go the extra mile on this). The film&apos;s fairly fast-paced, keeps you going and never gets boring. It&apos;s basically a B-movie that looks damn good, sort of like stuff similar to &quot;Tremors&quot; (a fine early 90&apos;s monster movie classic) and its sequels. Or if you bump down the ladder a bit, you&apos;ll find a lot more (lower budgeted) genre outings telling pretty much the same story (&quot;Skeeter&quot; from 1993 comes to mind).

Of course &quot;Tremors&quot; works better on a variety of levels and &quot;Bats&quot; isn&apos;t as great by a long shot. For one thing, it misses some wit, and that black guy (Leon playing Jimmy Sands) trying to provide it didn&apos;t do a lot of good either. Still, a fun popcorn-movie for the somewhat less demanding horror-fan. If you have this feeling that genetically altered killer bats might amuse you, then ignore the low rating on here and just watch it.

Now, can someone recommend me a better movie with a whole bunch of killer bats in it?

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I wonder if anybody can name me a film about killer bats that's better than this one...

"Bats" had its theatrical run and was widely distributed on rental VHS/DVD. Videostores carried multiple copies which got rented fluently. Yet from the looks of it - its rating on here - most people thought this was bad. Boy, have they not seen 'bad' yet. Things would get a lot worse in years to come with these type of films. For one thing, try watching the alleged sequel to "Bats" called "Bats: Human Harvest". The thing was made in 2007, for TV and then dumped to DVD as well. Go watch it; it's about 5 times worse than this film. Then come back and tell me which is the bad film out of those two. Or go watch "Fangs" from 2001 (starring Corbin Bernsen). It's the silly version of "Bats". I tell you, things can get a lot worse than this modest piece of killer bats entertainment. It even stars Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer. In 'worse' movies, you can't even count on a cast like this anymore. So why the complaints & puss-poor ratings on here?

I've seen quite some crappy horror-movies already, and you can say what you want about "Bats", but it's not a bad movie. Clichéd? Yes, kind of. Seen it all before? Yes, most likely. But the production values are more than just okay. It's well made. It looks good. Good camera work. The acting is more decent than what you normally can expect from a movie like this these days (like stuff produced by Sci-Fi Channel, The Asylum, need I continue?). I've seen much, much worse special effects when it comes to the CGI used in this one. And there are actually some cool shots of animatronic bats to be admired (from puppets with full body movement to close-ups of their heads with moving ears, grinning teeth and blinking eyes - it's always a kick to see SFX artists go the extra mile on this). The film's fairly fast-paced, keeps you going and never gets boring. It's basically a B-movie that looks damn good, sort of like stuff similar to "Tremors" (a fine early 90's monster movie classic) and its sequels. Or if you bump down the ladder a bit, you'll find a lot more (lower budgeted) genre outings telling pretty much the same story ("Skeeter" from 1993 comes to mind).

Of course "Tremors" works better on a variety of levels and "Bats" isn't as great by a long shot. For one thing, it misses some wit, and that black guy (Leon playing Jimmy Sands) trying to provide it didn't do a lot of good either. Still, a fun popcorn-movie for the somewhat less demanding horror-fan. If you have this feeling that genetically altered killer bats might amuse you, then ignore the low rating on here and just watch it.

Now, can someone recommend me a better movie with a whole bunch of killer bats in it?

Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

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