Frogs (1972) 4.0
A group of hapless victims is invited to an island estate crawling with evil frogs. Director:George McCowan |
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Frogs (1972) 4.0
A group of hapless victims is invited to an island estate crawling with evil frogs. Director:George McCowan |
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| Ray Milland | ... |
Jason Crockett
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| Sam Elliott | ... |
Pickett Smith
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| Joan Van Ark | ... |
Karen Crockett
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| Adam Roarke | ... |
Clint Crockett
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Judy Pace | ... |
Bella Garrington
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| Lynn Borden | ... |
Jenny Crockett
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Mae Mercer | ... |
Maybelle
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| David Gilliam | ... |
Michael Martindale
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Nicholas Cortland | ... |
Kenneth Martindale
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George Skaff | ... |
Stuart Martindale
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Lance Taylor Sr. | ... |
Charles
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Hollis Irving | ... |
Iris Martindale
(as Holly Irving)
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Dale Willingham | ... |
Tina Crockett
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Hal Hodges | ... |
Jay Crockett
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Carolyn Fitzsimmons | ... |
Lady in Car
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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. Written by Kelly W. <tsenhue@escape.ca>
While it's pretty obvious that this film was done on a low budget (i.e. the same shots are repeated over and over and over) this is a pretty effective horror movie and deserves a look. The death scenes are well executed (and the end is quite chilling), the music is appropriate (it's sounds almost like an "angry swamp"), and the locations are put to good use. It's definitely a b-movie and is not at all "great cinema", but it's still a minor classic and should have some kind of cult status.