Bats (1999)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Oct 22, 1999

Running Time: 91 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon "Leon" Robinson, Carlos Jacott, David Shawn McConnell, Marcia Dangerfield, Oscar Rowland, Tim Whitaker, Juliana Johnson

director: Louis Morneau

Bats

Something is coming in the night. The dark air fills with the sound of flapping wings and menacing shrieks... BATS. But these are no ordinary bats. The night has wings, and fear has taken flight. When the dark is alive, there's nowhere to hide as swarms of genetically altered bats blaze a path of terror through a sleepy Texas town. The only hope to stop the growing tide of devastation is a zoologist who studies bats, her assistant and the local sheriff.

"Bats," the first film released by Destination Films, wants to have it all. It wants to be a creature feature that induces fear (like "Frogs") while bringing a certain irreverent humor to the proceedings (like "Gremlins"). And it wants to invoke the sci-fi films of the 1950s with a mad scientist and possible governmental conspiracy.

But because it is trying to do so much, "Bats" proves to be a disappointment. That's not to say there aren't some chilling moments, such as the opening scene that…