{"id":15347,"date":"2011-01-05T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T20:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15347"},"modified":"2021-01-28T01:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T08:08:39","slug":"navy-vs-the-night-monsters-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15347","title":{"rendered":"Navy vs. the Night Monsters, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Let&#8217;s not forget the penguins!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Poster.png 727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nResidents on a South Seas Naval base are terrorized by acid-secreting monster trees transplanted from Antarctica.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Killer Plants<\/li>\n<li>Mamie Van Doren Films<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRated just 2.4 stars by users on IMDb, this notoriously awful sci-fi horror flick offers stunningly few redeeming qualities, even for diehard bad-movie aficionados. Clearly inspired by both <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19485\"><em>The Thing From Another World<\/em> (1951)<\/a> and <em>The Day of the Triffids<\/em> (1962), it attempts to bank upon the (questionable) cinematic trope of killer plants &#8212; yet the &#8220;monsters&#8221; that appear on-screen are simply laughably non-menacing walking tree costumes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Tree.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other than its intriguing alliterative title, this film is probably best known for co-starring Mamie Van Doren as a naval nurse with a penchant for wearing tightly revealing <em>au couture<\/em> uniforms; but even she herself was highly dismissive of her work here. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Van-Doren3.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This clunker is most definitely skippable. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You WILL have to watch the film for yourself if you want to understand the significance of the quote selected above; seriously, I can&#8217;t help you on that one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanley Cortez&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Navy-Night-Monsters-Still2.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; definitely feel free to skip this one. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060741\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/12\/03\/the-navy-vs-the-night-monsters-1966\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s not forget the penguins!&#8221; Synopsis: Residents on a South Seas Naval base are terrorized by acid-secreting monster trees transplanted from Antarctica. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Killer Plants Mamie Van Doren Films Military Science Fiction Review: Rated just 2.4 stars by users on IMDb, this notoriously awful sci-fi horror flick offers stunningly few redeeming qualities, even for diehard bad-movie aficionados. Clearly inspired by both The Thing From Another World (1951) and The Day of the Triffids (1962), it attempts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15347\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15347"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66542,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15347\/revisions\/66542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}