Bats (1999)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Louis Morneau

Writer (WGA):

John Logan (written by)

Release Date:

22 October 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

Where can you hide?

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Bat | Experiment | Mad Scientist | Teen Couple Eaten | Bat Attack

Cast

Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Sheriff Emmett Kimsey
Dina Meyer	...	Dr. Sheila Casper
Bob Gunton	...	Dr. Alexander McCabe
Leon	...	Jimmy Sands
Carlos Jacott	...	Dr. Tobe Hodge
David McConnell	...	Deputy Wesley Munn (as David Shawn McConell)
Marcia Dangerfield	...	Mayor Amanda Branson
Oscar Rowland	...	Dr. Swanbeck
Tim Whitaker	...	Quint
Juliana Johnson	...	Emma
James Sie	...	Sergeant James
Ned Bellamy	...	Major Reid
George Gerdes	...	Chaswick
Kurt Woodruff	...	Major #2
Joel Farar	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

Blood Moon (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some graphic, bloody bat attacks.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:12 | USA:R (DVD version) | Australia:M | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:TE | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Mexico:B | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37019) | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

American Fork, Utah, USA

Company:

Destination Films

Trivia:

The local movie theatre is playing Nosferatu, the original vampire movie.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Laser and inkjet printers do not make the noise of a noisy dot matrix printer.

Quotes:

Jimmy Sands: Houston, we've got a problem.

Movie Connections:

References Apollo 13 (1995)

Soundtrack:

Excerpts from 'Lucia Di Lammermoor'

Worst movie ever award

If i could give this movie a .5 I would. Im in 100% agree with the AWFUL category to which most reviews lean toward ... very very bad bad movie. There has never been a single movie in my life to which I've been able to actually say I did not like, perhaps hated, every single aspect of. Even for any other extremely horribly mind numbingly BAD movies... usually they at least have ONE good thing to say about them. The Postman for example... for it I could say, "Hey well the first half an hour is a pretty awesome flick!". Well so then Bats came along and took away X amount of time from my life to which I'll never get back and be horribly scared by for life.

I was hoping ide enjoy the camp, as i often do... but no. Im usually very tolerant with movies as well and enjoy a wide range. This was just so damn bad.. oh god just saying "Bats" out loud or to type it makes me feel sick.

This movie is just God Awful and hurts the brain. Never rent it, Never buy it and Never watch it simply because your obviously retarded friend suggests the idea. Run away if forced by someone and destroy it if given as a gift.

There simply IS NO WAY and not enough space in the world to sit here and list / describe all the problems and questions this movie has and creates... this is why this review is simply over and over drilling into your brain how BLOODY BAD this movie is.

Be aware. Stay Back. RUN AWAY.