Review of The Bat

I am not a horror movie fan but liked this one because Moorehead and Price did such a good job. Also notable was the actress who played the maid - her character was practical, loyal and steadfast. Moorehead is the highly successful mystery writer Cordelia van Gorder who rents a mansion for the summer not knowing that an embezzler has hidden away a million dollars in negotiable securities. There is also a serial killer, known as The Bat, on the loose. After first getting a glimpse of the killer she and her maid barricade themselves in a bedroom rather than doing the sensible thing of getting the heck out and going to a hotel. Oh well, if heroines were sensible, horror movies would be only about ten minutes long. On the plus side, the heroine in this movie is middle aged, successful and has a pithy sense of humor. The Cordelia character goes from feisty to flighty and back again. Price, as Dr. Wells, is his usual sinister and debonair self. The movie is certainly worth a watch but won't make many "favorites" lists.