Nightwing (1979)Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico. Director:Arthur Hiller |
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Nightwing (1979)Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico. Director:Arthur Hiller |
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| Nick Mancuso | ... |
Youngman Duran
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| David Warner | ... |
Phillip Payne
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| Kathryn Harrold | ... |
Anne Dillon
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| Stephen Macht | ... |
Walker Chee
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| Strother Martin | ... |
Selwyn
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George Clutesi | ... |
Abner Tasupi
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Ben Piazza | ... |
Roger Piggott
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Donald Hotton | ... |
John Franklin
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Charles Hallahan | ... |
Henry
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Judith Novgrod | ... |
Judy
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| Alice Hirson | ... |
Claire Franklin
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Pat Corley | ... |
Vet
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Charlie L. Bird | ... |
Beejay
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Danny Zapien | ... |
Joe Mamoa
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Peter Prouse | ... |
Doctor
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A colony of vampire bats terrorize a small Indian community in New Mexico. Standard "Nature goes berserk" plot turns extra hokey toward the end when supernatural forces are discovered working through the bats. Written by K.L
I liked this movie so much that it prompted me to take a trip to New Mexico and to eventually move there!! Unfortunately, due to medical problems, I was forced to come back to Kansas, but I will never regret moving to the Southwest.
Okay, so Nick Mancuso, who played Duran, sounded like he was from the Bronx occasionally and the tribes were renamed, but I purchased the VHS tape many years ago and check out every DVD web site hoping to find it there. It is probably the only reason I still have a VCR.++++++
The book was written by Martin Cruz Smith, an accomplished author, it was directed by Arthur Hiller, and the musical score done by Henry Mancini. Just how bad could it be?? If it is a horror movie you are looking for, this is not going to satisfy you. But a movie about the hardships and superstitions that still persist on the Navajo and Hopi reservations is as relevant as it was when Nightwing was made back in the 70s. I think that if the movie had not been billed as a "horror" flick, it would have gained much more of a following. I find it quite amusing that although it has never been made as a DVD, it is still found almost every other month on one of the pay movie channels. So I guess I'm not the only one who thinks that Nightwing is worth watching!