Barbara Wilhide, John Speredakos, Karl Jacob

A group of young people are en route to a friend's wedding in the remote countryside of Pennsylvania when they hit something unseen, lose control of their car and become stranded. The foursome relucta...( read more  read more... )ntly wanders down the deserted road and into the eerie darkness. They come upon a farmhouse where they hope they can use the phone to call for help -- but no one seems to be at home. It isn't long before they learn that the farm has been taken over by vampire bats that have already claimed the lives of the older couple who lived there. But, once bitten, the victims come back to life zombie-style and those still living have to not only dodge the bats, but the undead as well.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Ti West

Release Date: October 7, 2005

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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006

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  • June 12, 2007
    Great concept. Bad movie.
  • August 31, 2009
    Great low budget horror. West tells the story at a deliberate pace, while still maintaining the fun, thrills and a certain air of mystery. With this and Trigger Man it seems West is going in the completely opposite direction of modern horror films, and that is not to make every...( read more)thing so fast paced and hyper kinetic that the audience never has a chance to connect with the characters and situation. In both those films I found the atmosphere to be quite absorbing, with his long takes where not much happens. Granted, I'm sure that has a lot to do with the low budget, but as I've always believed, low budgets bring out the best in most filmmakers and to the most creative directors it becomes a strength.
    Now I'm really looking forward to West's House of the Devil, which I hope gets a theatrical release.
  • October 21, 2009
    Started off kinda good but then became REAL silly
  • December 30, 2008
    i only liked the intro and outro, the rest was boring and dumb lol
  • February 27, 2008
    It was awesome. The filming was a little dull, but it was better that way, it made it seem like reality tv or something. Bats are so cool, they look like chicken nuggets with wings,lol.
  • January 29, 2008
    I feel sick... i want the last 80 mins of my life back... Director Ti West i wish i'd never ever had the mis-fortune of watching this absolutely appalling crock of s**t!!!
    The beyond no budget was vaguely amusing for like the first minute, the grainy... awful picture and cra**y s...( read more)ound do not help either!
    I'm sure the director would try to defend himself by saying this was all as it was meant to be... OMG!!!
    This is SO bad... its TOO bad to be dreadful!
  • January 4, 2008
    Okay....this movie is crappy, even the monsters are crappy.
  • August 6, 2007
    I was hoping all the actors would get killed in this movie. So retarded. They could not act.
  • July 24, 2007
    sounds creepy and very very interesting
  • July 3, 2007
    Good grief, did I just waste an half hour watching this and then fast forwarding?! What a laugh!

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