The Vampire Bat (1933) - Fay Wray - Drama - Horror (spa sub)

When the villagers of Kleinschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism, but police inspector Karl Brettschneider remains skeptical. Scientist Dr. Otto von Niemann, who cares for the victims, visits a patient who was attacked by a bat, Martha Mueller. Out of appreciation for her kindness, Martha is visited by a highly eccentric man named Hermann Gleib, who claims he likes bats because they are "soft like cat" and "nice".

On the doctor's journey home, he meets Kringen, one of the townsfolk, who claims to have been attacked by the vampire in the form of a bat, but withheld his story from the town in order to not spread fear. Dr. von Niemann encourages Kringen to tell the townsfolk of his story. Kringen becomes suspicious that Gleib may be the vampire due to his obsession with bats. Gleib lives with bats and collects them off the street.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024727/

Directed
Frank R. Strayer

Written
Edward T. Lowe Jr.

Produced
Phil Goldstone
Larry Darmour

Starring
Lionel Atwill
Fay Wray
Melvyn Douglas
Dwight Frye
Maude Eburne

Cinematography
Ira H. Morgan

Edited
Otis Garrett

Music
Charles Dunworth

Distributed
Majestic Pictures