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Vampire Bats
MOVIE: CBS, Sunday 10/30 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

Vampire Bats
Critic Score
Metascore: 40 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.4 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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Starring Lucy Lawless, Dylan Neal, Brett Butler, Liam Waite, Timothy Bottoms, and Tony Plana

A college is terrorized by mutated vampire bats that kill scantily-clad humans in this made-for-television movie from the "creative" team that brought you "Locusts." Can college professor Lucy Lawless save the student body? What do you think.

GENRE(S): Drama, Horror
FIRST AIR DATE: October 30, 2005

What The Critics Said

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60
Washington Post Tom Shales
Even if many elements of "Vampire Bats" seem, to say the least, familiar, director Eric Bross and writer Doug Prochilo still deliver some darn good frights.
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50
New York Post Linda Stasi
The person who steals every scene is Brett Butler as the sister-in-law.
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50
Hollywood Reporter Marilyn Moss
"Vampire Bats" doesn't exactly have the makings of classic horror (or even Halloween) fare, but it's decent enough for a spell or two.
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42
Entertainment Weekly Mandi Bierly
We appreciate CBS embracing the spooky spirit... but they really should leave the camp-out to the Sci Fi Channel, which isn't afraid to fully commit. [28 Oct 2005, p.80]
38
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
Silly. [7 Nov 2005, p.41]
20
Variety Brian Lowry
Mostly an excuse for coeds to strip down to their underwear.
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10
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Just as awful as "Locusts" was.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 3.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Diana L gave it a3:
tried to watch it but after an hour it just didn't get better

Sherman gave it a1:
It Stinks

Eric Bross gave it a3:
No, I'm not the same Eric Bross who directed this thing, but even knowing one of the college coeds CBS gets props for focusing on the Halloween spirit. While slightly entertaining, I wouldn't bother watching this if you've taped it to see later.

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