The Devil Bat

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The Devil Bat

Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	George Bricker John T. Neville
Starring	Béla Lugosi Suzanne Kaaren Dave O'Brien Guy Usher
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date(s)	1940
Running time	68 m
Language	English
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The Devil Bat (1940) is a black-and-white horror movie which was produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarbrough. The film stars the well known horror actor Béla Lugosi, along with Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande Mallott, and Donald Kerr.

[edit] Plot

The story involves a small town cosmetic company chemist (Lugosi) who is upset at his wealthy employers, because he feels they have denied him his due share of company success. To get revenge, he breeds giant bats. He then conditions them to kill those wearing a special after-shave lotion he has concocted. He cleverly distributes the lotion to his enemies as a "test" product.

Once they have applied the lotion, the chemist then releases his Devil Bats in the night, which kill his two former partners and three members of their families. A hot shot big city reporter gets assigned by his editor to cover and help solve the murders. He (O'Brien) and his bumbling photographer (Kerr) begin to unwind the mystery with some comic sidelights. The mad chemist is, predictably, done in by his own shaving lotion, and by his own creation -- the dreaded Devil Bat.