The Navy vs. the Night Monsters is a 1966 sci-fi horror film in which acid-secreting, carnivorous trees attack humans. Also known as Monsters of the Night and The Night Crawlers.
The movie was produced by Jack Broder and [uncredited] Roger Corman, written and directed by Michael A. Hoey, and distributed by Realart Pictures Inc. It stars Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley.
Plot:
A group of scientists with Operation Deep Freeze discover frozen prehistoric trees and other specimens in the Antarctic dating back to the first Ice Age; the scientists collect samples for further study and load them aboard a C-47 transport plane.
The dull, workaday life at the Navy weather station base on Gow Island in the South Pacific is interrupted when that same transport plane, on a routine approach for re-fuelling, experiences some kind of unusual trouble and crash-lands on the island’s single airstrip, blocking its further use. The seven scientists and crew who were aboard the cargo plane when it left the Antarctic are now missing; the only one found aboard is the plane’s pilot, who is traumatised and in a state of shock, unable to speak.
Unloading the prehistoric cargo from the crashed plane, local scientist Doctor Arthur Beecham recommends planting the trees to ensure their survival in the island’s tropical conditions. A while later, Gow Island’s bird population becomes disturbed by something unknown; at the same time, the weather station’s scientists try to figure out a connection between this event and a corrosive residue that starts turning up at various island locations. It slowly becomes clear that the planted prehistoric trees have quickly grown into acid-secreting, carnivorous monsters that move about Gow Island at will during the night…
Choice dialogue:
“This is ridiculous!”
“That’s the heartbeat of a man in mortal terror.”
“How many more people are gonna die before we stop this killer?”
Trailer:
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