- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Jerry Jameson
- Stars: Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr, Arthur Space
- keywords: bat, turns into animal, bats, carlsbad caverns
- Production_studio: American International Pictures, Eastborne Productions
- Slogan: After the sun has set and the night wind has died comes the hour of the bat people!
- providers: MGM Plus, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
- The The Bat People is featured in the top rankings of 1974
- #94 in Top Horror Movies of 1974
Dr. John Beck, recently married, decides to take his wife, Cathy, spelunking in Carlsbad Cavern. While there, Dr. Beck, who specializes in bats, is bitten by a fruit bat. He is then, inexplicably, transformed into a vampire bat. While he escapes and seeks help from another doctor, it is clear the treatments are not working. In fact, they are aggravating his condition. Dr. Beck unwittingly goes on a killing spree, catching the attention of Sergeant Ward.