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Bookmark this pageThe Vampire Bat (1933)
Director: Frank R Strayer
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From Time Out Film Guide
As creaky as an old church door, but with some of the same antique charm, this is a B horror picture shot on the village sets of Universal's Frankenstein (1931), and using the interiors from The Old Dark House (1932). Bat-loving village idiot Frye is suspected of a series of vampyric murders, but when obsessive doctor Atwill's soon-to-be-married assistant (Wray) stumbles on the truth, she's menaced by the real culprit. New wine in old bottles, but hardly vintage.Author: NF
Cast & crew
Director: Frank R Strayer
Producer: Phil Goldstone
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Wray, Dwight Frye, Maude Eburne, George E Stone full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 71 mins
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