
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.


Bats is a 1999 American horror film directed by Louis Morneau and produced by Bradley Jenkel and Louise Rosner. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton and Leon. A hostile swarm of genetically mutated bats terrorize a local Texas town, and it is up to zoologist Sheila Casper, who teams up with town Sheriff Emmett Kimsey, to exterminate the creatures before they take more lives. A TV movie sequel to this film, Bats: Human Harvest, was made by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2007.
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 2 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$10.2M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$5.3M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$5.1M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
1.94x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

A group of Delta Force soldiers, accompanied by a CIA agent, are sent to the Belzan forest in Chechnya in search of a rogue American weapons researcher, Dr. Benton Walsh. As they search for Walsh's camp, they are attacked by genetically-altered carnivorous bats. The survivors attempt to reach helicopter extraction but encounter various challenges, including Chechen rebels.