The Roost (2005)
Ti West's directorial debut is a fun take on vampire bats and even zombies. Very low budget but extremely well filmed even in sequences of almost total darkness permeated by great lighting which just allow us to see what's happening action wise yet also hides any budgetary deficiencies with the vampire bat attacks on a group of people sheltering at what they think is a deserted farm.
Tom Noonan, who i last saw a couple of nights ago in West's The House of the Devil, plays a late night horror host who invites us to watch the film in wraparound segments.
I've seen this four or five times over the years and always enjoy it, and at a meager 75 minutes it's not a film that ever comes close to outstaying it's welcome.
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