What do you get when you cross THE BIRDS with JAWS, adding just a touch of WILLARD? The influence of all three is obvious in this boring effort in which a group of rabid bats goes on the rampage on a New Mexico Indian reservation. Payne (David Warner) is the aptly named, surly,
wisecracking scientist who's tracking the flying rodents in an effort to avenge the death of his father, who was eaten by them. Duran (Nick Mancuso) is a reservation cop who doesn't believe the tribal lore that explains the bats' strange behavior as part of some sort of spiritual revenge. Actor
George Clutesi, fresh from his role as an native American seer in the equally insipid PROPHECY, on...
Released:
1979
Rated:
PG
Length:
103 mins