Frogs
by George McCowan
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Actor: Adam Roarke, Joan Van Ark, Judy Pace, Ray Milland, Sam ElliottDirector: George McCowan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Frogs
Movie Review: Cult film lovers only -- a superb entry!
Summary: 5 Stars
This one is an early '70s environmental cult film, made at just about the time that "ecology" became a buzzword. It was an early film for Sam Elliott and a late one for Ray Milland but the pair play off one another like cookies and milk.
Here's the story:
Ray Milland plays a wheelchair bound, aristocratic old curmudgeon whose family estate is located on a southeastern U.S. Island... a big swampy place where the Spanish moss hangs everywhere. It's his birthday and his dubious offspring and their partners have arrived by boat at the estate to participate in the obligatory birthday party. Heavy drinking by most seems to be the order of the day. Sam Elliott plays an environmental photographer who gets his canoe swamped by a couple of Milland's intoxicated spawn who are out for a pleasure cruise in a speedboat -- he ends up at the birthday party to recompense him for his rude treatment.
At about this time, the frogs on the island seem to be congregating in huge numbers and it irritates Milland to the point that he's sent out his house man to spray poison here and there to eliminate them... but the frogs know exactly how to deal with such paltry assaults. They secure the help of their amphibian and reptile pals, snakes, hefty lizards, gators... all manner of creepy-crawlers to help them in their quest to take over the island and to eliminate its mostly-nefarious inhabitants.
Soon, Milland has to secure Elliott's help, seeing right away that Elliott is made of firmer stuff than his own spoiled offspring. And from there, life on the island quickly descends downhill. I'll stop here to avoid any spoilers.
This picture is shot in really great color, presented in letterbox format, and runs for 90 minutes. Yes, the acting isn't exactly the stuff of Academy Award material, Ray Milland excepted -- he plays his role brilliantly. But the film is a strange mixture of just being real enough, and just campy enough, to finish at the "magnificent" level of cult film rating.
A curiousity, one of Milland's (caucasian) sons is dating a black gal which, at the time, was a very unusual caveat for any film. Of course, this scenario was cast precisely for the purpose of lending interest to the film and, in my opinion, made this movie a bit of a groundbreaker.
Finally, this is a Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson film which, to us Drive-in movie and late night TV enthusiasts meant one thing: "quality horror". I have watched "Frogs" many times and will do so again.
Highly recommended for appropriate audiences.
Summary of Frogs
Millionaire Jason Crockett (Ray Milland. No, really. Ray Milland) hates frogs. Naturally, he lives on an island estate in the middle of a big Southern swamp. His family also hates frogs, so much so that they clap their hands over their ears and scream about the horrible, horrible noise. Everybody joins in spraying toxic chemicals around, little realizing that these frogs are not just moist, they're mad. Hopping mad. The family gathers for Grandpa's annual birthday celebration, unaware that doom is hopping toward them on wet, flapping feet. The point is driven home with shot after shot of the frogs hopping... hopping... hopping... and occasionally being tossed by a helpful stagehand. Actually, the whole swamp is mad--snakes, snapping turtles, and even crocodiles- -which is really for the best because the only thing the frogs seem to have in the way of menace is that hopping thing. One by one, family members go flailing into the swamp, never to return, while those still in the house watch death hop closer. Frogs is almost as remarkable for the sartorial issues it brings up as the environmental ones. Why is everyone wearing sweaters with blazers in Florida in July? How did Joan Van Ark manage to find an outfit that combines the practicality of hot pants with the beauty of a terrycloth jumper? Will Ray Milland ever be able to get the slime off that bright white suit? And still, the frogs hop closer... --Ali Davis"A shocker reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds" (Variety), this amphibious horror flick is teeming with thousands of nasty-tempered creatures that are hopping madand murderous. Jumping with action, suspense, revenge and Southern Gothic charm, Frogs' stars Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark and Ray Milland are constantly a lily pad away from croaking! Jason Crockett (Milland) is an aging, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for hisbirthday party. The old man is more than crotchety he's crazy! Hating nature, Crockett poisons anything that crawls on his property. But on the night of his shindig, it's nature's payback time, as thousands of frogs whip up every bug and slimy thing into a toxic frenzy until the entire environment goes environ-mental.
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