Frogs (1972)

A group of hapless victims is invited to an island estate crawling with evil frogs.

Director:

George McCowan

Writers:

Robert Hutchison (screenplay), Robert Blees (screenplay),

Stars:

Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ray Milland	...	Jason Crockett
Sam Elliott	...	Pickett Smith
Joan Van Ark	...	Karen Crockett
Adam Roarke	...	Clint Crockett
Judy Pace	...	Bella Garrington
Lynn Borden	...	Jenny Crockett
Mae Mercer	...	Maybelle
David Gilliam	...	Michael Martindale
Nicholas Cortland	...	Kenneth Martindale
George Skaff	...	Stuart Martindale
Lance Taylor Sr.	...	Charles
Hollis Irving	...	Iris Martindale (as Holly Irving)
Dale Willingham	...	Tina Crockett
Hal Hodges	...	Jay Crockett
Carolyn Fitzsimmons	...	Lady in Car

Storyline

Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.

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Plot Keywords:

island | frog | pollution | florida | canoe | 

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Taglines:

Millions of slimy bodies squirming everywhere! Millions of gaping mouths devouring... devouring... devouring...

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

MGM Studios (us)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Invasão das Rãs

Filming Locations:

Historical Museum, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Peter Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally Iris Martindale had a much more humorous demise scripted. Iris was suppose to be lured into a quicksand pit by butterflies, where she was to drown. The scene was shot, but it was deemed too silly for the final film. The scene was re-shot to have Iris killed by a rattlesnake instead. Clips of the original death scene can be seen in the films trailer.

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Goofs

When Clint is at Jessie's Grocery, he picks up the rope that was attached to the boat and says that it was "clearly chewed through". However, if you look at the close-up shot of the rope, it was very clearly cut, not chewed.

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Quotes

Jason Crockett: I still believe man is master of the world.
Pickett Smith: Does that mean he can't live in harmony with the rest of it?

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, a cartoon frog hops out with a hand hanging out of its mouth which it slurps back.

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Connections

Featured in Terror in the Aisles (1984)

User Reviews

Surprisingly scary . . .

Ray Milland and friends are having a celebration on his swampy estate, whose constant polluting of the local forests send hordes of frogs, snakes, lizards, etc. on a bloody rampage. Good performances only accompany this incredibly dumb, but surprisingly scary, pre-JAWS nature-on-a-rampage flick. Scenes of alligators brutally attacking a frightened old man or spiders covering another poor person in a web are truly disturbing. Not for the squeamish!