Night Fright (1967)

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.

please disregard all the above ''critics'' who feel it's their 'mission' in life to ridicule classic cinema from the good old days! well, I'm here to set the record straight! NIGHT FRIGHT is a fun, interesting little movie with beautiful girls, a very cool monster & an excellent swinging 60s soundtrack by ''The WILDCATS''. I've watched it numerous times & it's like taking a time machine back to simpler, more enjoyable times. this film has what i call ''60's charm''. i can give it no higher praise than that. other movies that have ''60's charm'' are: HORROR of party beach [1964], FRANKENSTEIN meets the space monster[1965] & SANTA CLAUS conquers the martians[1964]. if you want to cozy up in your favorite chair with popcorn, soda & an open mind, this is a charming slice of a bygone era.

John Agar is a B film sci fi and horror legend from the 1950s. By the late 1960s, however, his once renowned B film career had sputtered to even sub-Tor Johnson depths. In the remaining decades of his life he was reduced from B film leading man to (ugh!) B film character actor. One of the last roles that Agar had, as a B film leading man was in 1967's Night Fright.Whereas the B films of the 1950s usually had a slight bit of professionalism left in them, as remnants from the days of studio control, by the late 1960s, B films had fallen into the hands of almost anyone with the will enough to make a film and had a few thousand bucks enough to make one. Sometimes the results could be masterful- think George Romero's Night Of The Living Dead. Most times, though, the results were not just bad, but bad in a haphazard way that showed the filmmaker didn't really give a damn about the film. Say what you will about the films of Ed Wood, but there was an attention to detail that, while poorly done, did exhibit some pride. The same cannot be said of James A. Sullivan's Night Fright.

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.