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ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

marcosrobertosanches This movie looks awful, as expected, but it's the BEST short sinopsis I've seen... Transforming into a monster hybrid of man and bat "ruins his vacation and causes distress to his wife"? Sure! Hahaha

bensonmum2 After being bitten by a bat, people near Dr John Beck begin dying in weird and horrible ways. Dr Beck believes he may be going through some sort of weird bat-like transformation and may be responsible for the murders. The local police sergeant is convinced he has something to do with the deaths. Dr Beck's wife is just confused, but believes her husband can't be responsible. What's going on?It looks like I'm a bigger fan of It Lives By Night than most of the other IMDb users. It's undoubtedly got its problems, but I find it fairly effective. I enjoy real life husband and wife Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew. As you might expect, they're believable together. I was especially impressed with Moss. He does a good job of showing the fear and panic of a person in his situation. Michael Pataki as Sgt Ward is also good. He's annoyingly dogged in his pursuit of Beck. While there are plenty of scenes of fluff or filler, there still a feeling of unease about most of the movie that creates an effective atmosphere. The special effects are, while not the greatest, certainly memorable. I love the scene where Beck's hand changes from human to something more bat-like. And, finally, I really like the ending. I'm not going to give it away, but it's not what I was expecting. Not only do I like It Lives By Night on its own, but it makes for a terrific episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. MST3K does a great job of highlighting the movies weaknesses. For example, if Dr Beck is an expert on caves, why is he even on a cave tour led by a minimum wage park ranger? Very funny stuff!

BloodTheTelepathicDog Sure, this isn't a good movie but I've seen a heckuva lot worse. The prosthetic hand Stewart Moss wears looks good but his face makeup after his transformation makes him look less like a bat and more like the ugliest extra in the PLANET OF THE APES. The "Bat Man" doesn't even have wings. This movie would have been much better had they used a monster that looked something like those creepy bat people on the Marc Singer BEASTMASTER film.This movie centers on married couple Stewart Moss and Marianne McAndrew, who are married in real life. Stewart is a scientist who plans on taking a side trip to a cave before he and the wife hit the slopes. When the old carnal desires strike a chord in Marianne, she sneaks her hubby off in the cavern for a little Neanderthal necking, but she slips down a hole and her hubby has to rescue her. In the midst of his rescue, he is bitten by a bat. The good scientist spends the rest of the film writhing about in hospital beds and motel rooms, and killing an occasional person here and there.THE STORY: $$ (The story is far too formulaic and fails to give us any sympathetic characters. Marriane McAndrew is the closest thing to a sympathetic character we have in this film but she is brash at times, referring to her husband and a doctor she hardly knows as "children" to their faces. Also, she complains to Dr. Kipling (Paul Carr) about her husband's new violent streak after his bat attack but the script fails to deliver in that regard. His "violent streak" consists of him telling his wife, in a rather laid-back fashion, to stay away from him while he suffers throes of agony in a hot tub).ACTING: $$ (Michael Pataki is the standout as the slimy Sgt. Ward who takes a great interest in the case. He is always on Stewart Moss' heels but is he more interesting in stopping a killer or bedding a distraught Miss McAndrew? Arthur Space as the drunk gives a very good performance and had me laughing. Marianne McAndrew does a fine job as the wife of a monster but Stewart Moss isn't all that convincing in his role as the main character).NUDITY: $ (Marianne McAndrew is naked under the sheets but you don't see anything from her. The sex scene is one the strangest in cinema history. Near the end of the film, Marianne is getting busy with her man when he changes into his bat form midway through the Barry White ballad).

PsuedoBlood The movie is just as fun as staring at the sun.Sheriff Pataki is a total retard that loves nothing better to do than sit on his fat rear making a smoke ring from his puffy cigars and drinking booze while the doctor acts like a zombie version of Nicholas Cage sucking up all that so called "Blood" which in reality seemed like Fruit Punch.Most of all the plotting seemed very horrid to even call this piece of crap a movie.The rest of the characters in this movie are total wastes of time, the ending was awful, the outlines were cheesy, and the scenes were terrible. What else more should I say to you viewers out there? My advice would be to get your Rabies shot if you've already watched the movie. This movie may give you the foam in the mouth if you didn't get your up-to-date shots.