‘Here comes Trog. You’ll laugh at yourself for being so scared… but don’t laugh at Trog.’
Trog is a 1970 British science fiction horror film directed by Freddie Francis (The Vault of Horror; Craze) from a screenplay by Peter Bryan, John Gilling (The Plague of the Zombies), and Aben Kandel.
The project was originally developed by Tony Tenser at Tigon Films then sold to Herman Cohen (I Was a Teenage Werewolf; Horrors of the Black Museum). It stars Joan Crawford (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; Strait-Jacket), Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden.
The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson’s book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of ‘The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made’.
Plot:
Doctor Brockton (Joan Crawford) discovers that a troglodyte is alive in the caves of the British countryside. She gets the creature to the surface and attempts to train him, but runs into trouble as a few people oppose this, especially a local businessman afraid of negative commercial consequences, Sam Murdock (Michael Gough). Murdock frees the creature, leading to a rampage…
Reviews:
“There is, however, a rudimentary virtue in Trog… in that it proves that Joan Crawford is grimly working at her craft. Unfortunately, the determined lady, who is fetching in a variety of chic pants suits and dresses, has little else going for her.” The New York Times
“Trog is truly ungodly. The performances are rotten, the Trog makeup is so bad it looks, at times, like it will slide right off the actor’s face, and everything proceeds at a snail’s pace to idiotic situations. It’s really sad to see such a huge star [Crawford] be consigned to the Z-grade abyss of films like this. But, hey, a girl’s gotta eat.” Ned Daigle, Bad Movie Night
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“The worst horror movies are those that don’t understand their own absurdity. Trog!, on the other hand, understands it all too well.” RogerEbert.com
The dinosaur sequence was stock footage from the movie The Animal World (1956)
Cast:
- Joan Crawford as Dr. Brockton
- Michael Gough as Sam Murdock
- Bernard Kay as Inspector Greenham
- Kim Braden as Anne Brockton
- David Griffin as Malcolm Travers
- John Hamill as Cliff
- Thorley Walters as Minister
- Jack May as Dr. Selbourne
- Geoffrey Case as Bill
- Simon Lack as Colonel Vickers
- David Warbeck as Alan Davis
Trailer:
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