The Devil Bat (1940)

A doctor and scientist (Bela Lugosi) is resentful of the two families that made a fortune off his invention of a greaseless cold cream in spite of the fact that they offered him a percentage of the profits but he preferred a flat fee of $10,000 instead. He seeks revenge and to this end, he breeds a race of giant vampire bats to do his bidding. Directed by Jean Yarborough (SHE WOLF OF LONDON). This B&W horror film is the product of Producers Releasing Corporation, along with Monogram pictures one of the poverty row studios that produced movies on a shoestring budget and boy does this movie look it. The film was successful enough that PRC produced a sequel, DEVIL BAT'S DAUGHTER but without Lugosi. If you've a taste for low budget horror movies, you could do worse. It's not very good but it's so ludicrous that you can't help but be engaged by it. With Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher and Yolande Mallott.