To be fair, there actually is the potential of a clever plot in The Bat™. If you squint. And it were written by Agatha Christie or Edmund Crispin.
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The Doctor is also the coroner? AND a murderer? Conflict of interest much?
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Do you think The Bat got "THE" and "BAT" tattooed on his left and right hands, respectively?
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"Boy, you've got pantyhose on your head." #monsterdon (Apparently, I'm all about quoting other things tonight.)
I'm now 38% positive this film inspired Twin Peaks. #monsterdon
Hang on...is this entire film just an elaborate Jack Chick tract?
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Did I spot Dr. Steve Brule in this trailer? Is he in this?! #monsterdon
Looking behind the blueprint is this movie's equivalent of them finally looking behind that poster in Shawshank.
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Heck yeah! Expert throwing of...what was that? A fireplace poker? Cane? Regardless, well done!
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Anytime I see Vincent Price in anything now, I am reminded of this excellent Simpsons bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O46YvZQNqs
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The Simpsons - Vincent Price
I like to imagine Vincent Price just brought his own pet bats for this shoot. #monsterdon
Why does Christopher Lee look younger in this than in any prior film? Is it because he is actually a vampire? Make-up? Lighting? (That last one is laughable, considering how this movie is lit.)
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I guess I should stop overthinking this movie's plot... #monsterdon
Yeesh, flirting was WEIRD in the 1950s.
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Lizzie BORDEN?! #monsterdon
[Close-up shots of every nun]
ME: Name this band
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Does the guy in that costume know it's on fire? #monsterdon
Her bed is large, but NO, the servant has to sleep on the couch. Yeesh. #monsterdon
Catwoman? #monsterdon
I'm sure this head wound combined with a gun will prove to be no problem whatsoever. #monsterdon
So...is the haunted house filling the place of couple's counseling? #monsterdon
Worst gender reveal ever.
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I was checking to see if one of my Plex servers had The Bat (1959) on it, and LO AND BEHOLD it is actually airing tomorrow on our OTA Movies! station! Not in time for #monsterdon , but still pretty timely.
Has she learned NOTHING from all of her novels?
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Vincent Price shoots a guy? I'm shocked! SHOCKED! Well not that shocked. (To quote Fry.) #monsterdon
Is her gun operated by screams? #monsterdon
So far, the candle lighting is the best thing about this film. #monsterdon
I like how, even in the United States, priests have British accents. #monsterdon
Did they just slap a bed in one of the jail cells from Planet of the Apes? #monsterdon
All their TVs are tuned to the B-roll disaster channel.
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"Would you care for a sedative?"
Worst. Date. Ever.
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Andy's accent seems to subtly switch between Bostonian and Scottish and, again, I am frickin here for it. #monsterdon
I've seen enough early cartoon shorts to know that hole means only one thing: a mouse sleeping in a matchbox makes a nice home there!
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Soooo...these aliens motivations are basically "I'm going to take my ball and go home"?
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The title and blot sound like a mystery/horror, but the music sounds like HUMOR? I'm thematically confused. #monsterdon
Silly question for my fellow #Monsterdon -ites, but has anyone put together a viewing platform with the film on the left and a sidebar of the Monsterdon hashtag feed on the right (or vice versa)?
Vincent Price's narration is giving me "theatrical release of Blade Runner" vibes. #monsterdon
I'm no radiation expert, but shouldn't he have waited to take off the gear before, you know, leaving the room?
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How did I not know that Vincent Price as the most amazingly blue eyes ever?!
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@diazona@techhub.social Lizzie will invariably say it's just the sounds of an old house.
Had to take a quick call. What did I miss? They revealed Lizzie is The Bat™, right?
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Why oh WHY do I mostly identify with Pritchard? #monsterdon
Okay, okay, that was genuinely frightening! #monsterdon
"Let me tell you about my financial crime while I polish my rifle. In a non-threatening, and non-innuendo kind of way."
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I love the implication that NASA hires scientists to essentially give tours. Research be damned! #monsterdon
I'm confused: are the nuns actually typhoons? #monsterdon
"For one thing, I was DRUGGED! Yeah! And not the good way!"
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"I'm going to step into the alien machine and become a TORNADO!"
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Nuns!
Nuns?
NUNS!
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