Here’s why THE BAT PEOPLE is a TERRIBLE movie.
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2021
- On this episode of Weird Movies With Mark, I talk about The Bat People (1974)
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Credits Music by: OVERWERK - Komedie
![The Bat (1959) [Horror] [Thriller] [Mystery]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Btyx4zkgHpg/mqdefault.jpg)
The Erection Inducing Placeholders is the best green screen bit yet…a little left field lol
Check out the last video, right before the credits, I actually made a whole commercial on it based on one of the jokes in the video
@@FanboyFlicks I love the comeback of the erotic bookmarks lmao
Lol, I was about to comment on that product placement too. I can’t wait to see what sponsors might be in reviews to come.
And the doctor! Are you going to finish that? If you don’t want the drugs….
The lubed up skin was a nice touch
@@FanboyFlicks the commercial was so freaking funny
"Be more considerate for other people's laziness."- Mark, 2021.
"Anyway, Charlie Brown is really concerned about the bite..." YES! That's exactly what I was thinking, when I saw her sweater!
I love that the incubation period is so important to them but they never consider that maybe the guy with all the rabies symptoms who works with bats all day had a previous encounter with a bat.
I was just thinking this! Kinda makes them look even stupider, I'd that's possible!
Also PSA: the incubation period ranges from one week to almost a decade, though typically a couple months.
@@tieck4408 What does PSA mean?
@@andrejz8954 public service announcement - an old broadcasting term
@@andrejz8954 how old are you? I thought everybody knew what that meant
I think the title is a typo-- it was meant to be called "The Coat People" and to really just focus in on who is wearing what coats, swapping coats, stuff like that
I think you're right. I mean, the variation of coats was really tremendous.
can't help but feel like "The Batshit Crazy People" might have been a better title
That sounds like a great title for a comedic period peace about the United States’ guano imperialism in the Caribbean
Funny you should mention what a great wife our co star had in this movie. Strangely, Moss and McAndrew got married in real life after doing this movie. A rare successful marriage in Hollywood (1968 - 2017, his death). I also really liked him on Hogan's Heroes. He was in the pilot episode and also showed up across the show over the years.
That's dedication to the doctor bit. Even had to shave. You must have quite the costume collection by now.
The funny thing is I bought that doctor coat years ago for a Halloween costume and forgot about it. Then I found it in the back of my closet and it’s really come in handy the past few videos
That movie poster is a very old case of "clickbait" lol
For a scientist studying bats, this guy treats those poor cute bats really terribly.
So it's a revenge movie?
I actually laughed at the moment when Mark says: "...No time for that cause this movie sucks."
That's one of the reasons why I enjoy this channel so much-- Mark is nothing if not honest when a movie truly shits the bed, lol.
Kathy: “Wake up Johnny, you were having a bad dream.”
Johnny: “Oh Kathy I dreamed I was in a shitty movie!”
Kathy: "Oh, Johnny..."
(Dramatic musical sting)
Kathy: "That wasn't a dream..."
The philosophical implications of the movie are pretty deep. If the main character hears the bat sounds before the bite, he was destined to become a bat person. This raises the question of humanity's inevitable decline into the nature of the bat people. He couldn’t avoid his own decline. Ignoring the problem, medicine, and love couldn’t keep him from descending into a murderous being. The fate of humankind is to be bat people…
Or it was just terrible writing.
Love the videos. Allows great.
Nocturnal ✔️
Likes fruit a lot ✔️
Clingy ✔️
Adorable but also hideous ✔️
Interests include moths ✔️
Infected with coronavirus ✔️
It's happening.
@@tieck4408 "interests includes moths" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
that's a pretty batty theory
The first time I read: "The fate of humanity is to be fat people!"
Probably the best Mark cameo he has ever done lol
It was rather brilliant
Wig, mustache. And neither one looked terrible - they were pretty good actually!
I wish Mark would make more of his "guest appearances" in his reviews. That incompetent doctor in this one was comedy gold.
Ikr! I love Mark's cameos!!! They always crack me up so much.
17:19
I lost it when Mark’s iPad flew out of his hand over there being no bat people in this movie! 🤣
This channel has everything: B-Movie reviews, tons of humour, sex education and weird ADs led by a man with severe glandular problems.
I got suckered into seeing this movie twice. First it was called The Bat People, then about a year later it was called It Lives By Night, with a completely different poster.
Neither one of those being true at all haha
When? The 60s? I guess back then people considered batman a quality tv show with the horrible costumes and obviously gay sidekick Robin.
@@fordshojoe8080 technically, because his wife joins him at the end, there were bat people.
@eatmywords yea true, it should be "The Bat People (but only for like 5 minutes the rest is pointless filler) "
@@fordshojoe8080 oh yeah, this was pure torture to watch. i could only get through it via MST3K
“Dude you don’t need a psychiatrist, you just need some hand soap” 😂
Bats aren't spooky, they're adorable.
Never seen one up close, I'm guessing.
And they eat insects.
@@p.d.l7023 Dogs and cats will eat bugs too...and can spread disease...and poop everywhere...and they can be cute.
@@pretorious700 ive seen them up close and I can confirm. Adorable
There’s one movie from the ‘60s that actually features *multiple* bat people in it. It’s called “Latitude Zero”. And you know what else? The movie is GOOD.
Okay, I thought I was at least aware of every Toho monster flick whether I'd seen it or not, but nope! Gotta try and hunt this one down!
@@MrTheMighty Lol It’s a real hoot, and one you’ll never forget. Not just because the villain is played by Caesar Romero (aka, The JOKER). That’s right, the Joker has literal *BAT*-MEN at his disposal that he unleashes on his enemies in the movie 😂! I frigging love it!!
But good luck finding a copy of it, ‘cause it’s one of those out-of-print DVDs you have to pay an arm and a leg just to purchase 🙄.
OMG that "doctor" bit Mark does at 15:52 is hilarious! And that wig and mustache... lol
The part where you green screen'd yourself into the movie while dressed as the doctor was my favourite. So funny with that stupid haircut.
Iknr, I just died laughing 😂😂
I'm going through depression state due too covid triggering it...making my meds not work🙁🤦🏿♂️,but watching these videos do make me smile a bit😊.
*Fun Fact-*
12:41 If the man in this scene (Robert Plemons)looks a little familiar it’s because his son looks just like him...his son is Jesse Plemons who played Todd in the hit series Breaking Bad
Wow, thanks. They really do look so much alike!
Holy crap - I thought that guy looked like Jesse Plemons. Their voices are similar too.
Mark your a Saint. I've be having a really rough time in my life for the last few months and your videos always bring a smile to my face in these dark times. Thank you
Hope things get better for you soon!
I'm in a similar situation.. and i haven't genuinely laughed like this in such a long time ❤
Hang in there, Tanner. Things get better despite the fact it sometimes feels like they never will.
@Jackson Five you shut up 😂
B oevoi
Looking at the title I really thought this was a 2021 Netflix adaptation of Batman.
I bet DC has a world where Batman was bit by a bat and has real bat superpowers, off to Google
@@tonytoes0 That was basically Man-Bat
@@doctorthirteen5499 I have a question about Batman. Batman is a man who dresses up like a bat. Man-bat is a part man, part bat hybrid. Now, if Man-Bat dressed up as a man to fight crime, would he be Man-Batman?
Batfolk begins
@@ppem1988 Don't get me started on.Owl-Man, that's a while different convoluted story.
That "walk much" literally mad me cackle 😂 great start to my day Mark
It was a quick shot I threw in while I was filming and remembered he tripped after he escaped, and then during editing I decided to keep it in lol
Timing?
So the leading gent and lady were married a few years before making this and they were married until he died only about 4 years ago. Probably the most charming part of this movie. She’ll be 80 next year.
She could have done better.
I'm on board for a Mènage A Mark's kickstarter.
12:50
I’m will donate $100,000 to start
Mark and Brandon Tenold, two of the funniest Canadians around. Love their channels, just what I need sometimes to lighten my days.
Hey mark I just wanted to say that you are a bright spot in my life .
I'm dealing with some health issues .
And you never fail to make me smile
Thanks man
Hope you get better soon, all the best!
That means alot
Thank you
The thing you don't understand is that, yes; in the 1970s, stopping in the desert for a picnic, and some cactus fruit, then exploring a cave was part of a great honeymoon, but the rest of the movie is the REST of the honeymoon! We did a lot of weird drugs back then. I think I had this same experience.
Or maybe it was just this movie. I don't really know. I feel like hanging upside down in a cave and sleeping.
Did you suddenly get a craving for fruit or moths? If so I have some bad news friendo.
I do know doctors were handing tranquilizers like candy; that part rings true.
This was actually on TV here recently, I got about 30 minutes into it and that was more than enough for me. Props to you for making it through it!
Yeah, it's kinda boring, but I made it throught because the medical babble was kinda funny. And that acting. 😄
In all fairness, the MSTies did give it a fair go. When they're about to poke him with the rabies shot in the movie, Murphy says 'aw yeah, this one's gonna hurt like hell' when you see the size of the needle. That line did crack me up pretty decent
Yeah i saw this on MST3K too! I was very entertained but SO happy to see a Mark review of this!
@@michmasharts8870 Crazy thing is that now it's Mark reviewing it and not the MSTies riffing, I can see how bad the goofs are in the flick. Damn this movie really is that awful
@@furrybogard9724 INDEED!! without the riffing it's a sad, wretched creature...like the Smeagol of bad movies
"Let me guess, they'll be thanking a window company at the end of the movie."
@@michmasharts8870 This was on MST3K?
The best bat creature makeup and costume ever made I think is from Bram Stokers Dracula. Gary Oldman carried that film so well.
Apparently, this was the first movie that Stan Winston worked on. Guess we all get our start somewhere.
Gargoyles was his first film.
It's like The Shining, where Jack is already nutty before he goes to the hotel. The bat bite is just the trigger. That's why Kathy kicks it away, and Dr. Groovy doesn't care about treating him. It's a MacGuffin.
A MacGuffin or a catalyst or a final straw?
It's interesting how often Mark changes the thumbnail, I noticed this on older uploads as well.
My personal history with this movie is that when I was a kid(like ten or younger) I tuned in on this film right around the time the bats started hitting the windshield. I immediately thought this was the scariest movie ever since we could just be driving in our car and get attacked by bats, and I knew it would only be a matter of time before they would be able to break the windows
That doctor impression in combination with the wig was hilarious. Great stuff!
The hair on the wig was too long so I had to cut it but I don’t have a mannequin head so I had to try and cut it while I was wearing it. At one point I started laughing like “I love that this is my life”
Nothing bad ever happens during skiing, just ask Sonny Bono!
Just ask me you never ever break your wrists and or die
Or Natasha Richardson.
Or Michael Schumacher
@@kungfew1396 He was in public office, as the Palm Springs mayor (88-92) and then a congressman (95-98).
@@cubey Also head of the intergalactic council against Xenu as well apparently.
Mark has always just made me laugh. And im glad with him finally uploading more than once a decade he still has it.
This has got to be the most infuriating ending since "Zaat!"
This is like one of those things you'd write with your buddy aged 14 both thinking it was awesome. Never in a million years knowing it would ever get made into an actual movie.
If a 14 year old wrote it at least the wife would be topless in the hottub.
Just found your channel. I binged watched all your videos and love them. I'm sad that I ran out of videos to watch.
It happened to all of us!!!
@@KameronParkesJohnson OK, new subscriber here, I'm gonna try and pace myself!
They couldn't call the movie "The Bat Man" so they had to make someone turn into a bat too.
Are we not going to talk about how the scariest part of the movie is that Johnny is a dead ringer for Ted Bundy?!
I think that everytime this video & movie come up! Especially bc of Johnny's preppy outfits and skiing. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
No one remembers “It Lives by Night”? Mst3k rules, and so do you, Mark.
Same here brother! And yup. I remember it from MST3K! I'll never forget the lambasting that they gave the handsome, mustachioed doctor who'd rather ski instead of deliver a well-needed Rabies shot! Good call dude - or maybe "Good Memory" is more appropriate?
Oh yes! I remember it very well and had just recently watched this and is still funny to me after all these years. Can’t believe it’s been about 20 years ago since that MST3k episode aired. They make it so much more watchable.
It available on CZcams and definitely worth a watch.
"Am I ever going to be able to grip a ski pole again?!" I love this, and it reminds me of my oldest son. He can be quite emotional and dramatic at times, and when he was like 5 or 6 he got a small cut on his finger and when my wife was putting him to bed he started throwing a fit about it. "How can I lay down with a hurt finger?!" lol!
@1:30 I can relate to that. One of my ex-girlfriends had a similar sleep disorder. She moved in the bed and moaned and called my name and even screamed. Very annoying. Seriously, I couldn't fall asleep.
I love your channel and it's a mystery why your work hasn't metaphorically blown up. You're so talented. Please don't stop making content. It's great.
Haha, I recently watched the Mst3k of this film. You are absolutely correct on how bad this film is. Even the riffs couldn't save it!
The concept of a person thinking they have rabbies but they are actually just turning into a vampire bat is pretty cool but the film is soooo boring.
But it did give me one of their favorite riffs. When the guy's driving the ambulance and does this weird laugh and Murphy says 'Oh ho ho that's rich!'
Was it under a different title?
@@dubuyajay9964 'It Lives by Night'
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I would absolutely love to see more of Dr . Mark in his movie reviews
What would make for amazing viewing is if you could interview some of the directors/actors/costume designers etc of these movies
I remember when I saw this, it felt every scene was just the couple in various places talking about his condition... Or him having his "bat-seizures".. In various places. Felt like I was going insane watching this.
I once got a ring stuck on my finger and waited a while before getting medical attention and it was terrifying it was all black and freaking me out. There was a doctor who was using a ring cutter on it that was taking forever because it wasn't gold or something soft it was obsidian or something. Anyway a maintanence guy broken it off using a set of plyers in .05 seconds and my life went on like normal. But getting a ring on that doesn't fit is so much easier than getting it off. Trust me
18:00 minutes in: “Johnny finds a barn with a drunk in there and the scene goes on for a very long time”. When you get stuck with a drunk and you’re sober time does indeed slow down and things go on for a very, very long time. I feel sorry for Johnny.
Watching your review I imagined John Cassavetes as John, Edwige Fenech as Kathy, Seymour Cassel as Bandage Doc,
Peter Falk as Sergeant and Gena Rowlands as Nurse to make it more interesting.
Trivia: This marks the first appearance of Dr. Mark
This movie could also be a loose adaptation of how the covid pandemic started, patient zero just has to find the perfect robe first
Its even more hilarious when you review movies that annoy you...
Yeah, I think there’s more venom that comes out when I genuinely hate the movie
Your movie reviewing style is perfect, your really one of a kind. Maybe it’s the calming music in the background lol
My man is back, you've made my week and it's only Monday. Comedy King
To be honest, I did not have high expectations for a movie called The Bat People.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Marks videos, they are so good! My favorite parts in all his vids are when he inserts himself into the movies, I died when he became the doctor in this one. Marks channel really is the most underrated on CZcams, he should have all the views!
Every time my bad movie sense starts tingling, I know Mark has posted a new video
Man, you said "Charlie Brown" right when I noticed her sweater!!! I guffawed and scared my cat!
Love The Fly reference! Also, I feel that the idea of this movie was to capitalize on the 70s horror tropes on a shoestring budget, but lost sight on anything sensenible for the sake of a cheap scare. I only wish this was inspiration for Nicholas Cage's Magnum opus Vampires' Kiss.
Thank you, and I'm sorry that you had to sit through this waste of celluloid. Wasting what I imagine is 2hrs of your life, to watch this truly, huge steaming pile of guano just for our entertainment. You are FAR more entertaining than this movie could ever be. Your dry, quippy humor is always amazing, and your 'place holders', omg that was great! Keep up the great work.
How did he waste celluloid? He lost weight watching this? Maybe he watched it while in a stair stepper and stationary bike
apparently this was Stan Winston's first gig - so that explains the not awful but not great makeup
John's favorite 70's rock band is Bat Company because of their song "Echolocate Your Future Cave-Mate."
Are any of those bookmarks scratch-and-sniff? Asking for a friend.
Mark,you make me and my dad laugh evey time we see one of your vids(my fave part is with the pit where you put loser in the book) You see I pay $ to you (Annalisa’s what I put on there) and I just wanted to thank you for basscly being me and my dads comfort charter.
Sweet. What a great way to start the day!
Hey Samurai, what does the word katana mean?
It's so funny when you were beginning to talk about how no reason was given as to why being bit by this bat caused a transformation. I instantly thought of Spiderman, then you mentioned it XD. That was pretty great lol. Also The Fly film, I was thinking of that during the video. That this film reminded me of it. I kinda feel bad for putting The Fly and this film in the same thought. Bat people does not deserve to be in the same universe.
6:24 😂 i didn't realise she was wearing Charlie Browns sweater when you said that I was like what than I look at her sweater
This movie reminded me that in my residency, I had a rotation at a local Public Health Dept, answering calls from the public. One person called to say they were feeding a stray cat and giving it medicine after it was bitten/scratched by another, unseen animal,….then the cat bit her and ran off. There were no rabies cases in our county, but one right on our border in the neighboring county. She was totally needle phobic (although the “shots in the stomach” for rabies is nonsense….if a medication is okay with stomach acid, it would be a pill or drinkable) and hoping I could some way to convince her she shouldn’t get the rabies shot, but it was just 45 minutes of “well, it’s unlikely, but there is still a chance because…”.
With all the stress from work and boredom watching your videos brings a smile on my face. Keep going!!!
thank you for good content, i really appreciate the effort you put in to making these so entertaining.
Maybe they were going for a wolfman approach to it and thought that only seeing him as a batperson at the end would up the suspense? The shot of his hand and then head peaking around the cavern wall just made me think of that. This movie was pretty damn rough! Maybe they ran out of money for new locations so they just went back and forth between the hotel room and the cave lol. The double scene of the trailer park girl was so damn weird. Can't wait for Old though!
this movie feels like it’s told out of order lmaoo
Always happy when you upload a new video!
Hey Mark! Thank you for the upload. For some reason I don’t get notifications when you upload.
These green screen inserts keep getting better. You should coordinate with Alasdair Beckett-King.
Heyyyyy Mark. You are genuinely the only reason I log into YT these days 😅
thank you for the great vids Mark. i watch/rewatch the vids routinely to calm me after my long day. i really enjoy them.
i have an idea for a remake!
So that guy gets bitten by a bat. And then the Sheriff kills his wife. So he goes the Gotham and becames a billionaire and creates a bat like suit with a belt of some kind, with things in it. Then makes a car that looks a a bat and hires a butler named Alfred.
He then wants revenge for the death of his wife and fights crime, and a clown or joker of some sort.
I would definitely watch that movie and read in a comic book form!
One day Mark is going to say “TO” with such force that it’ll tear apart space-time and we’ll bear witness to the Time Knife.
Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park: Are there any Bat People in your Bat People movie?
It's insane how bad a death from rabies can be. The only thing worse would be radiation poisoning, possibly mad cow's disease. I'm no expert but I know it's one of the worst
I Spent my summer breaks hanging out at the morgue. With a family member who was like my parent and even helped deliver me the dad was born.
They did some of the first mad-cow autopsies in the world. Along with a huge list of other insane investigations and method development in the forensic world. I always really enjoyed it and was planning on going into medicine, therefore saw a lot of cool things and stood table side at my first autopsy when I was 9 years old.
Although they took precautions, there was never really any fear or nervousness around the mad cause disease all toxies and investigations. That's why it struck me odd when they would be super vigilant and nervous when preparing for an autopsy of a body that was possibly exposed to rabies. They said it was just one of the most brutal deaths imaginable.
They wouldn't even let me come out of the lounge area where the college student residence hung out. So I knew they were pretty serious about it but calls I got to be in and out of them or no matter how brutal or extreme the cases or cause of death
A few times in particular she had to take the injections in the stomach because of a possible exposure. I think it's like 40 or 50 injections over a one-week period around the belly button area and they are some of the nastiest meanest and most brutal injections you could imagine.
Kind of like a tetanus booster. If you get your hand cut on something particularly rusty like I have done many times... Then you need to have a tetanus booster even if you take the vaccines at their normal it's just an extra precaution. And holy s*** those things hurt like getting shot in the arm it will be sore for months
Anyway just random ramble info.... Just always stuck with me how bad they portrayed rabies to be. Must be really bad.
Just discovered this channel,brilliant !watch every break at work ,hilarious!
Mark, your writing is getting better and better. Each video is a joy.
The creepy sheriff is one of my fav characters in an MST3K episode. “Hunter Thompson: Texas Ranger”
“Over-and-Phlegm”
“Oh my god… I’m out of wiper fluid!”
I'm old enough to remember seeing this as the 1st. Feature at our Drive-In, can't remember what the 2nd was but I remember my brother and I hiding in back seat...
Dude, I didn’t expect that Ménage a Mark ad to becoming recurring. That was great! 😂
Another belter, sir. I was delighted to have my name on the credits too though I should change it to Aardvark to get it up there earlier!
So happy I found this channel. That Star Wars Christmas Special episode is hilarious.... "I HATE IT!!!"
Underrated channel 100% your videos are always entertaining man 🍻
I made a delicious sandwich, sat down, opened You-Tube, and there it was, a new video from Mark, what a great day!
Your comment about the safety of hot air balloons planted a new fantasy into my brain.. 😅🚀
Love your channel man. It being Halloween you should check out a movie called " beyond the door " lots of good material there for you