The Vampire Bat

1933
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1h 5m

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Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray in The Vampire Bat (1933)

When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.

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Lionel Atwill

Dr. Otto von Niemann

Fay Wray

Ruth Bertin

Melvyn Douglas

Karl Brettschneider

Maude Eburne

Aunt Gussie Schnappmann

George E. Stone

Kringen

Dwight Frye

Herman Gleib

Robert Frazer

Emil Borst

Rita Carlyle

Martha Mueller
(as Rita Carlisle)

Lionel Belmore

Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen

William V. Mong

Sauer

Stella Adams

Georgiana

Harrison Greene

Weingarten

Ted Billings

Townsman
(uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Gertrude
(uncredited)

William Humphrey

Dr. Haupt
(uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Townsman
(uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Schmidt - Morgue Keeper
(uncredited)

Paul Weigel

Dr. Holdstadt
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank R. Strayer
Writer
- Edward T. Lowe Jr.
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Trivia
To keep production costs down, low-budget studio Majestic Pictures filmed at night on Universal's European village set, which was used for Frankenstein (1931). The interior of Lionel Atwill's house is the set from The Old Dark House (1932).

Goofs
[Spanish dubbed version] In the original version, when Herman encounters Aunt Gussie, he hides behind a bush and does a "meow" which draws Aunt Gussie to the bushes looking for the cat. In the Spanish dubbed version, they neglected to put in the "meow" so there is no motivation for Aunt Gussie to go to the bushes.

Quotes
Karl Brettschneider: I don't mind admitting that I'm up a tree. Stumped!

Alternate versions
When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. All cuts were waived in 1993 when the film was granted a 'PG' certificate for home video.

Connections
Edited into Haunted Hollywood: The Vampire Bat (2016)

Soundtracks
Stealthy Footsteps
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Dunworth
[main title music]

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6/10

Enjoyable 1933 Classic Film

These old time films in black and white hold my interest and especially great actors like Lionel Atwell, (Dr. Otto Von Niemann) along with Fay Wray, (Ruth Bertin) and Melvyn Douglas, (Karl Brellschneider). The local town people are experiences strange deaths in their town where the people all have their blood drained from their bodies and there are two small puncture wounds on their necks. Rumors's start to spread that they are caused by bats and some people think it is a vampire which is attacking all the people. Karl is the local policeman in the area and he sets out to try and solve just what is going on and he seeks the help from a local town doctor named Dr. Otto Von Niemann who thinks it could possibly be a local man who seems to love bats and keeps them as pets and he also keeps them in his home and in his coat. This is a great classic film with some comedy mixed in with all this blood sucking.