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5.2/10
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Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Charlie L. Bird
- Beejay
- (as Charlie bird)
José Toledo
- Harold Masito
- (as Jose Toledo)
Flavio Martinez
- Isla Laloma
- (as Flavio Martinez III)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis horror movie about vampire bats was first released in the same year as a then major new version of 'Dracula' (1979) starring Frank Langella as the Count. That movie was one of five Dracula movies made and first released around 1979. The films are Dracula (1979), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Love at First Bite (1979), Nocturna (1979), and Dracula Blows His Cool (1979). Also from 1979 were the vampire movies Thirst (1979) and Salem's Lot (1979).
- GoofsDuran Nick Mancuso could not have ignited the crude oil with his lighter. The ignition temperature of crude is too high for what the lighter could produce.
- Quotes
Abner Tasupi: The winged animals are Yehwah's messengers
- Crazy credits[postscript] In recent years, vampire bats were discovered and destroyed in a cave in Val Verde County near Del Rio, Texas.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sneak Previews: Prophecy/Bloodline/Moonraker/Dracula/Nightwing (1979)
Featured review
Pretty good by 1979 standards and if you're a Nick Mancuso fan as am I.
I rented this movie because the Martin Cruz Smith book had recently come my way and I found it quite good. The movie is not unfaithful to the book, though it does suffer in comparison in the strength of the characterizations - in the book we learn why Youngman Duran, Mancuso's character, is so tortured which, of course, makes his ordeal much more significant and meaningful. I'm writing mainly to defend David Warner whom another reviewer characterized as as "bad actor". Warner is a terrific character actor who can presently be heard doing a rich villiany voice on the Saturday morning "Men in Black" cartoon (which is better than the movie, in my opinion). It seems Americans have trouble with classically trained English actors whose diction and style may seem too broad if your only frame of reference is Brad Pitt. Recently went to "Peeping Tom" and sat next to a group of teenagers who laughed all the way through, completely oblivious to the historical context of the film and its quality. So "Nightwing" is pretty good - good character acting (also love Strother Martin), lovely cinematography, nice Mancini score. Blood and gore special effects quite restrained a la 1979 technology, so if that's your thing this isn't your movie.
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- Jan 30, 2000
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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