A group of low-budget filmmakers make a horror movie.A group of low-budget filmmakers make a horror movie.A group of low-budget filmmakers make a horror movie.
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Casie Tabanou
- Beverly Carver
- (as Casie Waller)
Alan Ray
- Johnny the grip
- (as Alan Klenk)
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- TriviaThe character of Francis Gordon, played by Fred Ballard, is based on Roger Corman.
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Francis Gordon: When the monster's dead. the movie's over.
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Clever and delightful film that shines with affection for 1950's B monster movies
I saw "Attack of the Bat Monsters" at a "Monsterfest" convention (yes, I am that geeky) in Washington, D.C. a few years ago. After having spent the day in the exhibit hall viewing "Wasp Woman" posters, models for sale of the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Bucket of Blood" 8x10 glossies, it felt particularly perfect to then watch Kelly Greene's "Bat Monster". It was apparent that Mr. Greene, the director and writer, also had the same love as I of B movies from the 1950's. His film filled in some of the blanks as far as how these films were made. The films' characters and Greene's writing brilliantly portrayed the frenzied writer, director and actors of those films and the quick turnaround time and measly budgets allotted to them. The dialogue between characters is witty and has a rhythm to the patter that is edgy. This makes the switch between the movie and the movie that the main characters are shooting within the movie even funnier - clever dialogue at counterpoint with the forced, stumbling lines that makes part of B movies so damned lovable. Greene did an excellent job on this film and I look forward to seeing his next project.
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- lisafranklin
- Dec 20, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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By what name was Attack of the Bat Monsters (1999) officially released in Canada in English?
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