Houyhnhnm fields of oats". The Houyhnhnms are rational, equine beings and are masters of the land, contrasting strongly with the Yahoos, savage humanoid creatures who are no better than beasts of burden, or livestock. Whereas the Yahoos represent all that is bad about humans, Houyhnhnms have a settled, calm, reliable and rational society. Gulliver much prefers the Houyhnhnms' company to the Yahoos', even though the latter are biologically closer to him. It is possible to interpret the Houyhnhnms in a number of different ways. One might possibly, for example, regard them as a veiled criticism by Swift of the British Empire's
Humanoids from the Deep Humanoids from the Deep Humanoids from the Deep (released as Monster in Europe and Japan) is a 1980 American science fiction monster movie starring Doug McClure, Ann Turkel and Vic Morrow. Roger Corman served as the film's uncredited executive producer, and his company, New World Pictures, distributed it. "Humanoids from the Deep" was directed by Barbara Peeters and an uncredited Jimmy T. Murakami, with a musical score composed by James Horner in his debut. Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo, California catch what appears to be a monster. The young son of one of the anglers falls into the