In Heathville, Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) is a prominent scientist that helped the local chemical company to grow. However, he is resented with the owners Martin Heath (Edward Mortimer) and Don Morton (Gene O'Donnell) that became rich with his research. Dr. Carruthers electrically develops a huge bat and prepares an aftershave lotion to attract the bat. Then he gives the lotion to members of both families to test and the giant bat attacks them in the neck and kills one by one. The snoopy reporter Johnny Layton (Dave O'Brien) and the photographer 'One-Shot' McGuire (Donald Kerr) are assigned by their editor from the Chicago Register to investigate the murders and Layton falls for Mary Heath (Suzanne Kaaren). But the bat continues to attack the members of the Heath family.
"The Devil Bat" is a funny horror B-movie with Bela Lugosi in the role of a mad scientist. Donald Kerr is responsible for the comic relief with funny situations and maybe the best is when he decides to forge a bat to take pictures to the newspaper and forgets the tag. Fans of Bela Lugosi will not be disappointed. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "A Volta de Drácula" ("The Return of Dracula") - "O Morcego Diabólico" (DVD) ("The Devil Bat")
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