Night Fright
Night Fright
| 01 November 1967 (USA)
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A government space experiment into the effects of cosmic rays on animal life goes horribly wrong, creating a mutant monster that terrorizes a rural community.

Reviews
Greenes

Please don't spend money on this.

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SanEat

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

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Janae Milner

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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Michelle Ridley

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

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rangeriderrango

It had a budget of $18,000. That in itself gives you an idea of what to expect. The male teens look like they are in their 30's. The acting is so wooden the trees seem more animated. The lighting is terrible. I'm surprised people didn't sue it for eye strain. The only redeeming scene was seeing the Coca Cola machine in the restaurant. That's probably what cost the most in this film as I'm sure Coke didn't want their name associated with this turkey. It's so bad it's not even bad good. I wish I could get back the 85 minutes of my life that I wasted watching this crap.

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soulexpress

With John Agar as its star, NIGHT FRIGHT was bound to be bad; but did it have to be *this* bad? NIGHT FRIGHT commits the cardinal sin of grindhouse fare: it's dull. At least half the film is turgid scenes of walking, driving, and pointless close-ups.The plot, as nearly as I could make out, involves an outer-space gorilla that's running amok in rural Texas. The ape seemingly got there due to a NASA rocket that crashed nearby. I think.The writing, acting, and production values are only a smidgen above MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE. The horror segments aren't scary, the humor is painfully unfunny, and the scientific explanation offered is (to be charitable) unconvincing. Factor in the numerous failed day-for-night shots, and you have 75 minutes of trash that even MST3K wouldn't touch.

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BA_Harrison

This incredibly crummy piece of 60s sci-fi nonsense was retitled for the UK video market in the 1980s as E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nastie, giving the impression of a gory, exploitative take on Spielberg's classic family favourite; but those fooled into renting the film believing that they were in for some serious graphic violence would have been extremely disappointed, for the nastiest things about it are the appalling acting, awful direction, pathetic story, and horribly dated 60s fashion, music and dialogue—there's not a drop of blood to be seen during the whole sorry mess.The 'extraterrestrial nastie' in question is the result of a government experiment on animals in space, a massive mutated monster (played by a man in a gorilla suit and rubbish plastic mask) that crashes back to Earth and goes on a rampage, killing teens who are making out or partying in the woods. There are a few laughs to be had from the 'kids' hilarious 60s lingo (although it's still nowhere near as ridiculous as the way youngsters communicate these days—LOL!) and their energetic gyrating at the 'blast at the lake' is perversely entertaining (some strange moves with most of the groovy chicks being easy on the eye), but apart from that, there's little to recommend about this badly dated piece of amateurish drive-in drivel.

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Chase_Witherspoon

Laborious and plodding, dimly lit and dimly executed, John Agar stars as a none-too-pleased sheriff of a rural county that comes under attack from a ferocious ape-alligator creature, mutated by radiation after crashing to earth following an ill-conceived NASA experiment. Local youths parking in cars make a meal of themselves as the ape-alligator goes berserk forcing the intrepid sheriff to devise a decoy to lure the creature to a standoff.Abominable acting with exceptions Agar and Thurman, the youth cohort in this movie is unremarkable except for the alluring Brenda Venus in her first film (although her role is minuscule). Thurman plays an able deputy and Agar is workmanlike dealing with the troublesome youths and the monster on the loose over two, harrowing days and nights. Unfortunately for the audience, most of the "action" takes place at night when it's least visible.There's a big bash par-tay by the lake where we're treated to lots of twisting and rump shaking to a pop-instrumental to pad out the meagre run-time, and more than a couple of drawn-out run and hide moments to send you off to sleep. Basic structure and narrative present, thrills and excitement absent.

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