After a look at some strange creatures, the narrator and camera take us to the Chaco forest, on the borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, where a vampire bat lives, desmodus rotondus, attacking wildlife and domesticated creatures, killing small ones by draining all their blood and killing large ones by leaving a parasite in their bloodstream. Four inches long, with a 12-inch wingspread, we see it walk, approach a victim, pull out a patch of fur large enough for it to engage its teeth, then lap six or seven ounces of blood. Its saliva may be an anesthetic keeping its victims from waking. A stub nose and harelip contribute to its efficiency and its hideous look.
Directed by Jean Painlevé
short film
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Max Schreck
Nosferatu (archive footage)
Crew
Jean Painlevé
Director
Duke Ellington
Music
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Liam
7.0★ · 01/07/26
calm luh study
calm luh study
Almina
7.0★ · 11/07/25
Old but Gold benim gözümde
Old but Gold benim gözümde
arthur
trop mignon il a fait un bisou au cochon d'inde
trop mignon il a fait un bisou au cochon d'inde
Gabriel Silva
6.5★ · 04/29/25
Beautiful footage of “vampires” with some rudimentary comparisons to fictional blood-suckers. Rather cute more than anything else
Beautiful footage of “vampires” with some rudimentary comparisons to fictional blood-suckers. Rather cute more than anything else
saúl
8.0★ · 01/08/25
para muchos un documental, para mi, una película de terror
para muchos un documental, para mi, una película de terror