BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

talisencrw I watched this no-budget film, shot near Dallas, Texas, last night, as part of my 50-film 'Nightmare Worlds' collection by Mill Creek. Though it had no scares or suspense whatsoever, and you could tell what was going to happen at least ten minutes before anyone in the film clued in, it had the enjoyability and charm of a period piece, or time capsule, of youth from that era. The instrumentals from the garage band The Wildcats, and watching the teens dance, interact and fight, were the best aspects. You could do worse--and I would much rather watch something like this than a pretentious piece of garbage, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, that Hollywood pumps out by the truckloads these days.

lemon_magic OK, so middle-aged teenagers want to do the Frug and the Watusi by the beach, but they are being menaced by a monstrous freak created by radiation run amok...sound familiar? Well, "Giant Gila Monster" and "Horror Of Party Beach" did this much better. Not that those weren't supremely silly movies, but they at least had a sense of place and a sense of summer, party culture, and "teenagers" trying to have some fun. This half-curdled effort doesn't even get those elements right, and ends up being nothing but an exercise in boredom.John Agar is in here, playing the county sheriff and using his best John Wayne mannerisms. He's the only real actor in the movie (well, Bill Thurman is a pro too, but he's just playing Monster Fodder), and it's very sad to watch him trying to carry the entire movie by himself, dragging all manner of community theater rejects and hopeless amateur wannabes with him as he tries to make the movie at least watchable.Serious pacing problems (naturally), crummy day-for-night photography, another guy in a gorilla suit pretending to be a monster as a special effect, and some really poor miking and sound design round out the package and make this a movie you can certainly afford to miss. I saw "Night Fright" as part of a public domain movie 50 Pack, and it easily ranks in the bottom third of what is already poor competition.

horsegoggles Why film a movie if you are not going to provide light for the cameras. The film would have been about seven minutes long if it were not for the shots of people walking through the woods. I enjoyed seeing the typical sixties dress and the 60's cars. I couldn't help but ask myself what self respecting kid would drive a Tornado, though they were neat cars. The music was tedious and repetitive. Ten minutes of people dancing in the dark was too much. I've seen worse acting, but the manikin should have had top billing. At least it kept it's mouth closed. I think the motivation for making the movie must have been that someone had a lot of film available that had gone beyond the expiration date and they didn't want to see it go to waste. It went to waste.

MartinHafer I am a fan of bad horror films of the 1950s and 60s--films so ridiculous and silly that they are good for a laugh. So, because of this it's natural that I'd choose this film--especially because with John Agar in it, it was practically guaranteed to be bad. Sadly, while it was a bad film, it was the worst type of bad film--dull beyond belief and unfunny. At least with stupid and over-the-top bad films, you can laugh at the atrocious monsters and terrible direction and acting. Here, you never really see that much of the monster (mostly due to the darkness of the print) and the acting, while bad, is more low energy bad...listless and dull.The film begins with some young adults going to Satan's Hollow to neck. Well, considering the name of the place, it's not surprising when they are later found chewed to pieces! Duh...don't go necking at Satan's Hollow!! Well, there are reports of some sort of crashing object from the sky, so what do the teens go? Yep, throw a dance party--a very, very, very slow dance party where the kids almost dance in slow motion. So it's up to the Sheriff (Agar) and his men to ensure that the teens can dance in peace without fear of mastication.As for the monster, it's some guy in a gorilla suit with a silly mask--a bit like the monster in ROBOT MONSTER. Not exactly original and not exactly high tech. To make it worse, it makes snorting noises and moves very, very slowly--so slow that even the most corpulent teen could easily outrun it! How it manages to kill repeatedly is beyond me.Overall, too dull to like--even if you are a fan of lousy cinema.