Anyone else has thoughts on this movie…?
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novastar_6 — 20 years ago(January 19, 2006 06:00 PM)
Actually the 1926 version of The Bat was the inspiration for Batman.
I gotta tell you guys I love this movie, I've seen it since I was 2 years old, and I looooove it. They showed it on Turner Classic Movies last night and I was surprised even though I knew weeks ahead because as far back as I and my mother can remember, they have never shown The Bat on TV around here. They used to show House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price on HBO and Sci-fi a few times, but I have never seen the Bat get advertisement on TV, that was a real shocker for me, it's like all of a sudden, all the great, ignored, underrated movies are finally getting the attention they deserve. Personally, I think that's great, it beats today's movies. -
mttomb — 20 years ago(February 25, 2006 11:52 PM)
I really enjoy this movie, but, to answer the original poster's question, the one thing they could have done to make it better would be to
leave the freakin' mansion
! Yeah, if a dude broke into my house two nights in a row, I might think he was comin' back. It was just a bit unbelieveable to me that they kept staying. But, like I said, I really like this movie. Just, some of the character's actions were unbelieveable.
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preciousbunnie — 18 years ago(April 29, 2007 06:36 PM)
Haha, yes that would've made a lot of sense!! And I actually never thought of that myself!
But then again, running wouldn't have necessarily solved the problem because The Bat might've followed them, right?
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novastar_6 — 19 years ago(September 08, 2006 09:08 PM)
The first time I saw the movie, I wasn't old enough to really be paying all that much attention to it, but my 76 year old neighbor got the guess right the first time she saw the movie last January. The thing I can't get is, when he's talking to the women "Let's face it ladies and get it over with, others have seen my face before they've died, but I'll have to deny you that pleasure", my mother says they should recognize his voice, but he doesn't really sound like he normally did. Anyone agree?
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alpha128 — 19 years ago(September 09, 2006 12:49 PM)
"my mother says they should recognize his voice, but he doesn't really sound like he normally did. Anyone agree?" novastar_6
I certainly didn't place the voice when I heard it. Like I said, the movie kept me guessing until the end.
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novastar_6 — 19 years ago(January 03, 2007 03:31 PM)
Always nice to know I'm not alone here. I really can't believe that more people don't know about this moviemore seem to know about House on Haunted HillI love that movie with Vincent Price too, but that one never scared me, THIS movie scared me when I was younger, House on Haunted Hill is a horror masterpiece by some standards and I DO love it, but it never scared me.
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prp456 — 18 years ago(April 29, 2007 09:45 AM)
This is the perfect little movie to watch on a dark and stormy afternoon or night. I watched it again last night. It wasn't storming; it was warm so I had windows open, and just a tiny light on. Just my cats and me in the house when the tape ended and I started closing the windows, I did it really fast because it was pitch black outside and I couldn't see a thing. I was actually creeped out from watching the movie!
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preciousbunnie — 18 years ago(April 29, 2007 06:37 PM)
Thanks for all of your wonderful comments!! : )
Does anyone else want to comment on what they enjoyed about the movie, and/or what could've been improved?
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Woodyanders — 18 years ago(December 27, 2007 04:43 AM)
I thought this film was pretty tense and very entertaining. The Bat made for a real creepy and nifty villain. Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead were both terrific in the leads. Lenita Lane was a real hoot as the excitable Lizzie Allen. I also loved Joseph Biroc's sharp black and white cinematography with its artful use of dissolves and vertical wipes. Moreover, the Bat's true identity was a genuine surprise.
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novastar_6 — 18 years ago(December 29, 2007 08:50 PM)
I have to say, having seen all three Bat movies, my favorite is Lenita Lane's Lizzie Allen because she was the brave one who wouldn't be scared out of the house. As a kid I always admired her character, more so I think than I did Cornelia's.
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preciousbunnie — 18 years ago(January 19, 2008 03:22 PM)
Wow, thanks for your comment.
And you're right, it WAS a surprise!! That's what I love about the film!
Anyone else want to comment?
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novastar_6 — 18 years ago(January 22, 2008 04:43 PM)
It was certainly a surprise to me the first time I saw it, granted I was 2 years old at the timeand at that age I didn't try to figure out who among the character was The Bat.
But a while back, my mother and I were watching it again and right before the Bat is shot, my mother said they should've recognzied his voicebut to me, it doesn't really sound like his regular voice. -
preciousbunnie — 18 years ago(February 09, 2008 09:15 PM)
cool..to be honest, I don't remember the movie as well as I'd like. I haven't seen it in years! But I can agree that most people wouldn't have recognized his voice (I doubt I did)
"It's gonna happen. All the people who change the world die in violence" 2Pac