I'm always scanning netflix's listings for vampire movies.I see the word "bloodthirsty" in the synopsis and the word "bat" in the title, well, heck, "The Bat People" sure sounds like a vampire movie to me.
Well... sort of.
A man is bitten by a bat while touring a cavern on his honeymoon and the consequences are unpleasant.
He goes on a killing spree while cracking up- is his hand really changing into a claw or is he having an allergic reaction to the rabies medicine?
He does drink blood though.
Turns out he was changing. Into a um... bat man person.
Stan Winston makeup sort of saves the day, making the man look like something out of Planet of the Apes, but with Bats instead.
It's a goofy movie, trying to hard to be "serious" on an AIP productions budget- apparently it was goofy enough that Mystery Science Theater 3000 used it on one of their programs under the alternate title It Lives By Night.
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