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Movie Reviews of Trog
Movie Review: Ugh!
Summary: 2 Stars
Are you really going to buy the long lost "Trog" now that is is finally on DVD? Well permit me to let you know what you are in for.
Yes, folks it's Joan Crawford's last ever movie, and if it wasn't for that, I doubt that the film would ever have raised even a ripple of interest, let alone warrant a DVD issue. It probably wouldn't have even got past the financing stage to get made in the first place, it's that bad.
Anyway, Trog starts with three jolly cave explorers with very posh British accents going underground and...well, exploring a cave. They find a formerly hidden pathway to a new part of the cave, and before you know it they are being attacked by a long-hidden missing link who just happens to have been living there. When the survivors return, they meet up with Joan Crawford who plays the director of some research institute. She's fascinated by the story and demands to see the creature for herself. Next thing you know, Joan is in the middle of the cave peering into the darkness with her camera looking for Trog (never mind that the missing cave could only be accessed by wading through a cave that was neck-deep in water, Joan still looks dry and freshly pressed in a ludicrous "designer" caving outfit). And before you can say "but he's only wearing monster make-up from the neck up", poor Trog is captured and taken back to the institute for study, after which there is a predictable but very small scale outcry, followed by an even more predicable and even smaller "break-out and running riot" episode once Trog gets sprung from his cage.
You'll be able to make the tea and talk to your friends on the phone without missing anything of importance while "Trog" is playing in the background. You could probably read a good book too. All the acting is poor, and "Trog" himself is the most obvious man in a caveman outift grunting and swinging his arms about as there could ever possibly be. Poor Joan Crawford does actually bring some gravitas to her role, but her character is ruined by the script and the risible "experiments" she undertakes to try and learn about Trog. She rolls him a ball and asks him to roll it back Why? She winds up a toy doll and lets it walk towards him. Why? The whole science aspect of the plot is totally ludicrous. As is Trog's "trail of carnage", which forms the supposed highlight of the film when he escapes captivity. I was chuckling all the way through...See Trog steal some apples and oranges! See him menace the deserted streets! And especially see when he gently lifts the only occupied car in the town up onto it's side and it immediately bursts into a flaming inferno.
What a waste of celluloid this mess is. Every aspect of it is threadbare of good ideas or innovation. It does have some charm as a turkey of a period monster movie, but it's sheer badness is actually quite annoying after a while, especially the hopeless ending. Watch it if it rolls past you, but be very sure you actually need to own it before making a purchase.
Movie Review: Would have been better if Joan Crawford played Trog.
Summary: 2 Stars
Joe Cornelius, who played in such films as "File of the Golden Goose" (Gordie) with Yul Brynner, was selected to upstage Joan Crawford as that multi dimensional character (Trog).
You have seen this story a million times. Innocent cave creature is tormented by child let lose on it by sadistic anthropologist. The poor creature must "play ball" or pay the consequences.
Can't wait for the sequel where they have Joe Cornelius Vs the Piltdown man with William Shatner.
Movie Review: TROG??
Summary: 2 Stars
Of all the Joan Crawford films STILL not out on DVD they are releasing TROG???
I am still waiting for her second Box set. Bette Davis has 2, why not Crawford?
TROG, omg. What's next? Bezerk?
What about Susan and God? Strange Cargo? Torch Song? Johnny Guitar? When Ladies Meet? Female on the beach? No, release TROG....good lord!
Movie Review: Joan's Last Film and One of the Worst!
Summary: 1 Stars
I realize that "Trog" is Joan Crawford's last feature film but it's also one of the worst movies she ever did - and she admitted it! It's not even a camp classic like "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" - it's just downright awful. While Joan Crawford wasn't the greatest actress, she was a great "star" and made at least 2 dozen movies that are still considered "classics". The Volume 1 DVD Box set of some of her great films like "Possessed", "Humouresque", "The Women", "The Damned Don't Cry" and her Oscar-winning performance in "Mildred Pierce" are just a handful of great performances that she has had on the silver screen. Please do justice to this great star and release a Volume 2 DVD set of some of her other classic films like "A Woman's Face", "Flamingo Road", "Harriet Craig", "Torch Song" and "Autumn Leaves". She deserves a better legacy than releasing movies like "Trog"!Movie Review: Ed Wood would be proud
Summary: 1 Stars
This film was one of the most dreadful things I have ever seen. It looks like they went to a Halloween store to buy a mask for Trog it is so bad. It is not even funny bad. What a sad end for such a great actress.