Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: FD1024
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137107026
- Street Date: 10/25/22
- PreBook Date: 09/20/22
- Label: FILM DETECTIVE »
- Genre: Horror
- Run Time: 80 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1959
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Director: Crane Wilbur
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The Bat [The Film Detective Special Edition]
Vincent Price stars in this spooky thriller about a downtrodden country estate that becomes the site of a horrific murder.
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The predator has steel claws and rips his victims to shreds! But who is he? Vincent Price (House of Wax, The Last Man on Earth), stars in this thriller about a downtrodden country estate that becomes the site of a horrific murder. Prolific writer/director Crane Wilbur (He Walked by Night, Crime Wave) helms this feature, with a cast that includes Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched) Gavin Gordon (Murder by Invitation) and in her last film role, Darla Hood of the Our Gang comedies. This gallery of weirdoes is guaranteed to give you the creeps. Which of them is the mysterious killer known as "The Bat?" You'll find out soon enough. But beware - the scream you hear may be your own!
Media
Bonus Materials
- Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney
- Full Color Booklet with essay by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney
- Original featurette by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures on Director: Crane Wilbur
Sales Points
- In a contemporary review of the film, The New York Times praised Moorehead's 'good, snappy performance' and Crane Wilbur's direction.
- Stars Vincent Price (The Pit and the Pendulum) and Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched)
- Written and Directed by Crane Wilbur (Mysterious Island, House of Wax)
Press Quotes
A faithful filming of Mary Roberts Rinehart-Avery Hopwood play.
—Leonard Maltin
While it's all done in a by-the-numbers manner, there's more than enough here to entertain whodunit fans.
—AllMovie
The Bat has a sort of laid-back charm to it.
—TIM SALMONS, The Digital Bits
