I usually announce these on ![email protected], but... if it's got Vincent Price is it really a B movie? It just didn't feel right! The Bat (1959) is the movie for this Sunday's "monsterdon" watch party over on Mastodon, our fediverse sibling!

• Just start watching that movie this Sunday, October 11 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 6pm PT which is 1am Monday UTC
• and follow #monsterdon over on mastodon for live text commentary. For example, you can follow that hashtag here: https://mastodon.social/tags/monsterdon
• I usually open two web browser windows side-by-side on a computer. But you could follow the mastodon commentary on a phone app while watching the movie on TV or something.

How to watch the movie:

• youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3OM8jbBJQ
• for info on how to block ads, see: https://ohai.social/@klu9/115245207831850566
• peertube: https://video.txw.ca/w/4sa5icoNFVdiv8f8oU9hdb
• archive: https://archive.org/details/the-bat-1959-vincent-price-agnes-moorehead-horror-mystery-thriller-full-movie-td-3-om-8jb-bjq
• archive: https://archive.org/details/The_Bat.mpeg
• wikimedia (bc the movie is in the public domain!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Bat_(1959)_by_Crane_Wilbur.webm
• it's usually streamed on https://miru.miyaku.media/ at that time
• for trigger warnings see: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/40200

... the town is being terrorized by a mysterious murderer known as "the Bat", said to be a man with no face who murders women at night by ripping out their throats with steel claws. Van Gorder's assistant Lizzie tells her all the servants, except the chauffeur, have quit in fear. As they lock up The Oaks that night, Lizzie sees the Bat's clawed hand reaching through an unlocked window...

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According to Turner Classic Movies, in an era of films featuring "rampaging aliens and sinister ghouls", The Bat's period piece approach was not a crowd pleaser, although its reputation has improved over time.[2]

In a contemporary review of the film, The New York Times praised Moorehead's "good, snappy performance" and Crane Wilbur's direction.[14] Variety called it "sluggish".[15]

Film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 2 1/2 out of 4 stars (a rating that he used more than any other rating), calling it "[a] faithful filming of Mary Roberts Rinehart-Avery Hopwood play".[16]

Allmovie gave the film a mixed review, complimenting the film's screenplay, but criticized the script's mechanical nature and lack of scariness, as well as the varying quality of performances from the cast. But they also stated, "While it's all done in a by-the-numbers manner, there's more than enough here to entertain whodunit fans".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat_(1959_film)