The Vampire Bat
- IMDb link: 0024727
- IMDb rating: 5.8 (3,385 votes)
- Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Director: Frank R. Strayer
- Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill, Maude Eburne and others
- Release date: 10 Jan 1933
- Release year: 1933
- Runtime: 65 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: hypochondria, vampire, monster movie, mad villager, angry mob, laboratory, mad doctor, bound and gagged, police inspector, serial killer
Plot:
In the small village of Kleinshloss, the locals are scared with a serial killer that is draining the blood of his victims, and the Burgomaster Gustave Schoen is convinced that a vampire is responsible for the deaths. The skeptical police inspector Karl Brettschneider is reluctant to accept the existence of vampires, but the local doctor Otto Von Newman shows literature about cases of vampirism inclusive in Amazon. When the apple street vendor Martha Mueller is murdered, the prime suspect becomes the slow Herman Gleib, a man with a mind of child that loves bats. The group of vigilantes chases Herman, while Dr. Von Newman's housemaid Georgiana is attacked by the killer.