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 of "Creature from the Black Lagoon"-inspired monsters. Like it or not, it was a hit and is not dull". Author and film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film 3 out of a possible 4 stars, calling it "fast, occasionally hilarious gutter trash from the Roger Corman stable". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 56% based on nine reviews with an average rating of 5.2 out of 10. The film was referenced in the 1985 novel "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason. In 1996, a remake of "Humanoids from the Deep" was produced for Showtime by Corman's