Movie Review: Night Fright

Night Fright (a.k.a. E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nasty)

Starring: John Agar, Carol Gilley, Ralph Baker Jr., Dorothy Davis, Bill Thurman, Roger Ready, Gary McLain, Darlene Drew, Frank Jolly, Bill Holly, Janiz Menshew, Russ Marker, Toni Pearce, Christi Simmons, Brenda Venus, Byron Lord, Ronnie Weaver, Olivia Pinion, Nancy Mann, Lewis Helm, Jeanie Wilson, Rod Paxton 

Director: James A. Sullivan
USA, 1967. 

This movie is published as a part of Nightmare Worlds 50 movie pack box published by Mill Creek Entertainment.

Space debris falls from space near Satan's Hollow, Texas. Two teens Mary (Jeanie Wilson) and Buddy (Buddy Williams) and are attacked by something.

Judy (Dorothy Davis) and Chris (Ralph Baker Jr.) go to drive in the country. Judy is still jealous because Chris used to date Annie (Christi Simmons). They arrive in a nice place for a date, an ugly looking forest. Chris starts to talk philosophically but is cut off in mid-sentence. Probably even the director notice it was a boring speech. Then their friends drive by, they are going to a beach. Chris tells Judy funny stories about Professor Clayton (Roger Ready). They run in the forest and Judy finds something terrible. 

Chris

Judy

"Nice" place for a picnic

Sheriff Clint Crawford (John Agar) investigate a fallen rocket but the government boys are already there. Clint and deputy Ben Whitfield (Bill Thurman) are informed about murder. Reporter Wes Blau (Gary McLain) finds a huge foot print. Clint is dating nurse Joan (Carol Gilley). 

Sheriff Clint Crawford

Nurse Joan

Rex and Darlene

Joan's sister Darlene (Darlene Drew) dates a troublemaker Rex Bowers (Frank Jolly). Teens want to go to a breach and party but Clint does not allow it so they try to sneak to the lake. Chris and Judy go to eat. They decide to warn the other kids and leave very soon, much to waitress Betty's (Toni Pearce) disappointment. 

"Hey! What about your order?"

Meanwhile Professor Clayton tells that the foot print is unlike anything he has ever seen. The monster in the woods kills a deputy. The badly dancing teens do not want to leave. Rex and Chris fight, Chris wins. The teens leave the lake but Rex and Darlene stay. Bad for them. Darlene manages to escape, nurse Joan meets her in the forest. Clint tries to shoot the monster then it is his turn to jog in the forest. 

Wild beach party

Space monster

The heroes return to town. Darlene is shocked and rigid as a mannequin. This gives Chris an idea. Professor Clayton tells about a top secret space experiment. They tested effect of cosmic radiation on animals. The heroes then go to hunt the mutant ape. Nurse Joan explodes and kills the monster! Oh, it was just a mannequin in nurse's costume. Clint promises to buy Joan a new uniform. 

Explosive nurse

Clint promises to buy Joan a new uniform

This is a zero budget drive-in horror-movie. Small things like lighting were ignored. The teen boys of the film look middle-aged. The good points: 1960s atmosphere and pretty girls (who can not act). Surf rock band Wildcats plays some songs. The bad points: everything else. In the 1980s United Kingdom Video Nasty era the movie was renamed "E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nasty", with a poster ripping-off "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." 

Rating: Bad