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Bats are usually depicted as frightening creatures of horror stories & movies. This image is not improved by The Stories of Dracula, but in fact this image could not be further from the truth.
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Bats is an insulting slap across the face for any dedicated horror movie fan. To pull something like this off, you need to have a sense of wit and style, with a heavy dosage of humor to back up the process if the fright factor ever declines. Something like the underground worm thriller Tremors had just the perfect mixture of these elements, and in return, the film was tremendous fun. With the notable exception of a wisecracking supporting player, Bats mainly plays it’s premise for straight-arrow horror. Judging by the ridiculous premise, this was not exactly a wise move.
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Bats [I]s one of those movies where you have to get popcorn just to throw it at the screen. It is one of those movies where you have to make fun of those little kids scared out of their wits three rows behind you on the other side of the theatre. Most of all... it is one of those movies where you have to provide a running commentary.
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There are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding bats. A lot of these fears probably stemmed from a bats facial expressions like when they bare their teeth when they are scarred and trying to look threatening. Other problems are the movies like Dracula that portray bats as evil or portray that all bats feed on blood (only the three species of Vampire bats of South and Central America feed on blood). Rabies has ... been a big factor in a bats 'bad rap'. Bats can contract rabies just as you or I or other animals can, however, most bats are not rabid as rumor has it. Dr. Merlin Tuttle, a renowned expert in bats, notes, "less than half of one percent of bats contract rabies, a frequency no higher than seen in many other animals." He also mentions that most statistics about rabid bats are due to sampling biases.
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Those guys in Hollywood have made a movie about bats. These bats are not very nice, because they eat a lot of people. Boy, are these bats ugly. They are infected with this bogus virus that makes them super-duper smart. They’ve got big claws and red eyes and they are not very friendly at all. A whole bunch of people in Texas get killed, so a sheriff guy and a scientist lady are brought in to kill the bats.
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Fascinating footage of swooping bats, their remarkable habits and habitats, and close-up looks at their interesting yet eerie faces are featured in this documentary, volume seven of the Predators of the Wild series. Most bats eat insects, which may not always come to mind when one thinks of predators and prey -- although the fact that a swarm of bats can eat 30,000 pounds of insects in one night is staggering. Bats make up almost one-fourth of all of the mammals in the world, but only three species of bats are "true vampires" who rely on the blood of other animals for sustenance. ~ Alice Duncan, All Movie Guide
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