Halloween 2K17: A Review of “The Vampire Bat” (1933)

They might as well have named this film How To Make a Cheap Knock-Off of Dracula Without Really Trying. Oh, it’s bad, alright. Not bad by today’s standards, just plain bad. The Vampire Bat is a movie that actually does not contain any scenes of vampirism or a bat (go figure), yet manages to include…