Vincent Price – The Bat/Shock (Double Feature)

THE BAT: Cornelia, a mystery story writer decides to rent a spooky house known as the Oaks from John Fleming an employee at the town's bank. Her servants have heard that a serial killer called The Bat is operating in the area and they all decide to leave town. When the local bank manager reports a million dollars missing from the bank he and John Fleming his employee become prime suspects. John talks to the local doctor and confesses to the theft. He then kills the doctor to keep his secret safe… Now who is trying to break into the Oaks; The Bat or someone looking for the missing money?

SHOCK: Dr. Cross (Vincent Price), a psychiatrist, is treating a young woman, Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw), who is in a coma-state, brought on when she heard loud arguing, went to her window and saw a man strike his wife with a candlestick and kill her. As she comes out of her shock, she recognizes Dr. Cross as the killer. He takes her to his sanitarium and urged by his nurse/lover, Elaine Jordan (Lynn Bari), gives Janet an overdose of insulin. But he can't bring himself to murder her in cold blood and asks Elaine to get the medicine to save her. She refuses, they argue, and he strangles her. He saves Janet's life, but now faces two murder charges. BLACK AND WHITE FILM