It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
View MoreThis movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
View MoreGreat example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
View MoreThe film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
View MoreTwo stars for the many scenes with a disgusting amount of live frogs and toads. If this film were to be remade by the SyFy channel today, I'm sure it would be filled with CGI frogs, but this film works because you know it's all real-life, icky, slimy, honest-to- goodness frogs. Ray Milland slums it and Sam Elliott and Joan Van Ark pays their dues.
View MoreIf any film deserves the right to have its name in the dictionary under the definition of B-Movie, it's the 1972 horror epic 'Frogs'.The plot, of course, is of only cursory relevance. But for the sake of those who give a flying proverbial, it follows the story of disabled millionaire Jason Crockett, played by Oscar-winner(!) Ray Milland, and his be-flared family who live in a palatial mansion somewhere in the swamps of Okefenokee. They are partial to a bit of careless pollution. The titular Frogs take offence to this kind of behaviour. So they wage war upon the Crocketts, and all who associate with their frog-hating kind.But you don't really want to hear about that. What you want to hear about are the meticulous production values that mark out this film as a seminal example of the genre.Gasp in amazement as you see a man in a wheelchair pull a revolver on a snake which is hanging from a chandelier. I say 'hanging', but what I really mean is 'being held by a human hand'. I know this because I can see it. Watch through your fingers as another man stumbles into a greenhouse, closes the door behind him, then fails to notice as a score of lizards (somehow) follow him inside to loiter around menacingly amongst plant pots on shelves. See how they knock over open bottles vaguely labelled 'Poison'. Shudder as the man chokes to death on the fumes. Howl in terror as seagulls swoop down on a garden to scare some protagonists - not because breadcrumbs fly across the screen in an effort to lure them. No. Definitely not. Then scream for your life as another man wrestles an alligator which has had its mouth taped shut.And all the while, the Frogs look on; leering at the mayhem they have caused without having to take a single human life themselves, because the Frogs rain down their justice with the most chilling power of all: telekinesis.Frogs: you'll croak. To death.
View MoreA group of hapless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with evil frogs.By no means should this be considered a good film, but it has a certain charm that is hard to replicate. American International made some gems, and this is one of them. Later it was picked up by MGM. And, I believe, a Blu-ray was released by Scream Factory. Though you can never have enough special features.Ray Milland is a joy to watch, whether in his best work ("Lost Weekend") or some of his worst. Indeed, towards the end of his career, he seemed to appear in just about anything. We also get Sam Elliott, though he is almost unrecognizable without his trademark mustache.
View MoreI am a big monster movie fan and I have to say I was terrible disappointed by this movie. At an awful ending. It was Badly written. I can believe people like this movie. I pooh on this movie. It is one of the worst horror movies ever. It was not scary it was pooh pooh. I pooh pooh on this movie. Pooh pooh. Pooh pooh. Pooh pooh. Pooh pooh. Don't wast your money. Don't wast your time. Don't see this movie. It is a awful movie. Awful movie awful movie. This about frogs and bunch of other swam animals killing people. I don't have problem with that. If it was well written. But in is not. It was good concept. But a very bad movie.
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