
Bats, the result of a government experiment gone wrong, have suddenly become intelligent, vicious, and omnivorous, and are attacking people near Gallup, Texas. Bat specialist Sheila Casper and her assistant Jimmy are brought in but can they stop the bats before the military comes in and, in their ignorance, makes things worse?... (Full plot summary below)
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Bats, the result of a government experiment gone wrong, have suddenly become intelligent, vicious, and omnivorous, and are attacking people near Gallup, Texas. Bat specialist Sheila Casper and her assistant Jimmy are brought in but can they stop the bats before the military comes in and, in their ignorance, makes things worse?
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| Film BlatherEugene NovikovDirector Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere. |
| BBC.comAlmar HaflidasonYou might be surprised at the tension that pervades this enjoyably cheesy movie. |
| Sight and SoundKim NewmanBats sticks to the ground rules of its genre and gets through a story at once predictable and preposterous with an ingratiating absence of pretension. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe kind of rote schlocker that rarely makes it to big screens anymore. |
| culturevulture.netGary MairsMainly it made me wish I was watching the Murnau film instead. |
| Reel.comMike GregoryThe 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. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsThe bat attacks are a series of violent camera pans rendering everything a blur; the continuity and computer-generated imagery is dire; and the dialogue stinks, as do the performances. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardSmoothly maneuvering within the limitations of genre conventions, Bats emerges as a vigorously paced and surprisingly satisfying piece of work. |
| L.A. WeeklyRon StringerOverlong, hard look at the perils of tampering with Creation. |
| Empire MagazineAdam SmithAn unholy, humourless splicing of The Birds and The Swarm, with neither the true terror of the first or hokey charm of the latter. |