Night Creatures

1962

Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 3585 3.6K

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Plot summary

A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.


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June 25, 2014 at 08:00 AM

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Kate O'Mara as Girl at Inn
Oliver Reed as Harry Cobtree
Peter Cushing as Rev. Dr. Blyss
Yvonne Romain as Imogene - serving wench
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Coventry 7 / 10

Welcome to Dymchurch; - my kind of town!

Well, here's one Hammer movie that was rather difficult to come across! Especially in comparison to the British studio's classic horror, Sci-Fi and psychological thriller efforts, this mixture between historical drama and swashbuckler adventure (don't let the cover image or US title "Night Creatures" mislead you; it's not a horror film) is obscure and little seen. To my recollection it has never even been aired on the BBC, and that's where I personally watched a lot of Hammer horror movies from the sixties and seventies. I wonder why, because "Captain Clegg" is a solid and engaging film with a good script, fine performances and a handful of truly ingenious highlights. The story takes place around the end of the 18th Century in a small English coastal village named Dymchurch, and I must say it's a downright fantastic little place! Not only does the entire village participate in a giant smuggling network, they also have imaginative ways for transporting bootlegged liquor around town and all the villagers collectively help to mess around with an official delegation of soldiers sent by the British Crown to investigate! They even have an utmost brilliant signaling process with scarecrows in place and call upon sinister skeleton horsemen to scare off potential perpetrators! The charismatic leader of Dymchurch is Reverend Blyss, but serving God obviously isn't his primary mission in life. "Captain Clegg" is a fun watch, neatly written by Anthony Hinds and well-directed by the fairly unknown Peter Graham Scott. The cast is top-notch, with glorious roles for Peter Cushing (reliable as always), Oliver Reed (back when he still appeared on film sets in a sober state), Martin Benson (as the town's weakest link) and Michael Ripper (phenomenal as the local undertaker). There aren't many women in the cast, but the beautiful and curvy Yvonne Romain is astonishing enough to represent a whole army of women. Recommended!

Reviewed by Woodyanders 9 / 10

An absolutely cracking and exciting period costume melodrama treat

1776: The stern Captain Collier (excellently played by Patrick Allen) and his sailors arrive at an English coastal community to investigate reports of "marsh phantoms" who terrorize the countryside at night. Collier suspects that the local reverend Dr. Blyss (a splendidly lively and witty performance by the great Peter Cushing) knows more than he's telling about both the "marsh phantoms" and the liquor smuggling that's been going on in the area. Ably directed by Peter Graham Scott, with a robust, rousing score by Don Banks, a snappy pace, handsome, vibrant color cinematography by Arthur Grant, a flavorsome evocation of the 18th century, a colorful script by Anthony Hinds and John Temple Smith, a few nice creepy touches (those skeletal "marsh phantoms" are genuinely spooky), and a strong central theme about redemption, this radical change-of-pace picture from renowned horror outfit Hammer Films makes for tremendously fun and stirring grand entertainment. The top-notch acting from a first-rate supporting cast qualifies as another substantial plus: Yvonne Romain as ravishing bar maid Imogene Clegg, Oliver Reed as the dashing Harry Cobtree, Michael Ripper as wily, acid-tongued coffin maker Jeremiah Mipps, Martin Benson as craven, hot-headed saloon keeper Mr. Rash, Milton Reid as a hulking, brutish mulatto, and Derek Francis as the hearty Squire Anthony Cobtree. Offbeat and original, this fine feature overall rates as a real corker.

Reviewed by hitchcockthelegend 8 / 10

Captain Nathaniel Clegg, Pirate, Hanged at Rye, 1776.

Captain Clegg (AKA: Night Creatures) is a Hammer-Major production in Eastman Color, it's directed by Peter Graham Scott with a screenplay written by John Elder. It stars Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper and David Lodge. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by Arthur Grant.

"The Romney Marshes-Flat And Desolate-Was The Land Of A Proud And-Independent People. Their Shores Faced The Shores Of France-And Many Was The Shipload Of Wine And Brandy Smuggled Across The Sea In Defiance Of The King's Revenue Men. Many Legends Have Come From This Corner Of England-But None So Widely Believed Or Widely Feared-As The Legend Of The Marsh Phantoms-Who Rode The Land On Dark Misty Nights And Struck Fear Into The Hearts Of All Who Crossed Their Paths."

Hammer's film is actually a remake of a little known 1937 film called Doctor Syn that starred George Arliss as the title character and featured Margaret Lockwood in support. For their take on the Captain Clegg/Marsh Phantoms story, Hammer craft a colourful Gothic like mystery/thriller that contains horror elements. It's certainly not overtly horror, something that has undoubtedly threw some horror seekers venturing into the film for the first time. This may explain why to a large extent it remains a largely unknown Hammer picture, which doesn't as yet have a DVD release in the country of its birth! The story is a very good one with smugglers, murders, romantic passions, ghostly apparitions and duplicitous characters. All given an excellent period production design by Bernard Robinson for the interiors, while the exteriors are nicely filmed out of the village of Denham in South Buckinghamshire.

Pigeon Pie, Creepy Scarecrow and the Romney Marsh Phantoms.

Of course none of the period flavourings and narrative intrigue would mean much if the acting wasn't up to scratch. Which on reflection is another reason why this is something of a criminally under seen Hammer picture. For not only does it have Cushing turning in one of his best performances (blending dandy fop with a crafty undercurrent), it also has a cast around him that are fully committed and effective in their roles. Which nicely includes Hammer stalwart Michael Ripper (as Mipps the undertaker) getting a more meatier role than usual. Patrick Allen (Dial M for Murder) is imposing as the officious Captain Collier, Martin Benson (The King and I) is suitably shifty as Rash and David Lodge (The Cockleshell Heroes) adds the muscle presence as Bosun. Standing out is Olly Reed as Harry, wonderfully dominating his scenes, he does a neat line in brooding, while Romain (The Curse of the Werewolf) is the classic Hammer wench type, pretty with a heaving bosom, she induces lusty lustations in Harry and Rash.

There's some plot holes that the alert will not miss, and the big reveal is pretty much sign posted to us at the mid-point. But this is a little cracker that Hammer fans, Cushing fans and fans of period mysteries should definitely seek out. 8/10

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