I'm not afraid to admit that bats scare the hell out of me.  I have a hard time even watching them on TV or in a movie.  And when a movie is called, " The Vampire Bat ", you can expect me to be ready to squirm a bit when they show the bats... The small village of Kleinschloss is being plagued by a rash of killings- killings where the victims have been drained of their blood.  Unable to find clues of a human killer, the authorities are forced to contemplate the supernatural... " The Vampire Bat " was produced by Majestic Pictures, Inc. as a way for them to cash in on the publicity of Fay Wray and Lionel Atwill appearing in Warner Bros' films " Doctor X " (1932), and " Mystery of the Wax Museum " (1933).  As soon as Wray and Atwill finished filming, " Mystery of the Wax Museum ", Majestic Pictures hired them for their own film. To help their rather low budget film look like that of an "A-List" studio, Majestic Pic...