So much average

Awesome Movie

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Let's just keep Joan Crawford out of this for a minute. I just never cared for her as an actress anyway and Hollywood could be heartless to those that made a lot of money for them. This film is bad in nearly every respect. Beyond the obvious acting and special effects, is a messed up script, containing unnatural lines and plot malfunctions. When this was going to be on television one night, one of my college roommates said, "You've got to see this. It is such a great movie." I sat with him in silence, waiting. When I die, I am going to want that hour and a half back.

TROG is a legendary poorly-made, silly film about an anthropologist who finds a troglodyte and takes it to her laboratory, where she seeks to domesticate it. The title of the film derives from the name given to the creature by the scientist.There is some underlying social commentary about the rights of the creature to a life. This is mainly played out in the form of a court hearing. It isn't well-handled, though.For reasons unknown the film has garnered something of a cult following, with some seeing it as a "so bad it's good" type of film. Trouble is that the film is very boring indeed and is really only livened up a bit by Michael Gough's performance as the man who wants the creature to be killed due to it being, in his view, a threat to the local populace. Some other interesting things happen towards the end, which I can't really discuss without giving anything away, suffice to say it doesn't last very long.I guess there is some unintentional humour to be derived from the inclusion of footage of dinosaurs fighting (taken from some other film). But I didn't laugh; I was just bored and bewildered.It is sad that Joan Crawford plays out her last big screen performance in this lousy film because she gives a good performance, as one would expect.Overall, TROG is lousy. The presence of Joan Crawford and Michael Gough led me to suspect that it might have been better than people say. But it isn't. The people who say this film is bad are right.

There are a Number of Film Craftsman Attached to this Movie, aside from Joan Crawford in Her Last Feature Film. It makes the Attraction and Attention it Received Understandable and also, why it gets Eviscerated Routinely.There's Freddie Francis a Cinematographer/Director of Acclaim who Directs this as though it was 1960 and Not 1970. Even B-Movies and Genre Pictures had Undergone some Artistic Evolution after the "Times they are a Changin'" Decade. But, Francis didn't get or Ignored the Memo and made this in a Style that was Anachronistic.He did Include some Gore and Brutal Killings, but these are Overshadowed by some of the Silliest Scenes Imaginable. Unimaginative Things like Treating the Newly Discovered "Missing Link" like a Pet Dog. "Bad Trog...Come here Trog...Give the ball to me Trog...Give the Doll to Me Trog...Good Trog." Sheesh!The Movie has a Colorful Palette, the Cave Scenes are "Dr. Who-ish", and there is a Bizarre Inclusion of a Drug Tripping Trog Hallucinating Stop-Motion Dinosaurs from Harryhausen/O'Brien. That Oddity, Crawford's Professionalism, Michael Gough's Maniacal One-Note Character, Trog's Killing Rampage, and Obvious Sympathetic Handling of the Living Doll Child, All Add to the Clunking Charisma of the Misfire.There are too Many Things Here to Watch and Enjoy to Call this one of the Worst Movies Ever or even "So Bad It's Good". If it wasn't Joan Crawford's Last Movie One Doubts it would be such a Whipping Post. Although the Scene with the Pink Scarf is Unintentionally Hilarious.Yes, the Trog Makeup and Costume are Laughable, but Not Completely, and the Script's Attempt at Scientific and Social Commentary are Elementary, but in the End it is Entertaining. That is Enough to Keep it From its Legendary Infamy, Despite Joan Using this as an Excuse to Leave Movies Altogether.

In England, three attractive young men explore a cave. Two of them strip to their undershorts and swim into a pool of water, where they accidentally discover the titular "Trog" (Trog is short for troglodyte). This encounter turns tragic. Those surviving arouse the interest of local anthropologist Joan Crawford (as Dr. Brockton). She believes Trog could be the last relic of a lost species from prehistoric history, cryogenically preserved during the glacial age. Due to his ugly appearance and all-around bad manners, some nasty men want to destroy Trog. Realizing the creature's scientific worth, Ms. Crawford wants to keep him alive for training and research. "It's my firm belief that Trog is the missing link," asserts Crawford...Missing link or not, this shoddy production fails to engage. Apart from the opening scene and sexy Kim Braden, there is no excitement. Due possibly to budget concerns, poor Joe Cornelius receives only half a monster costume. With so little to offer, extensive stock footage from an old dinosaur movie is rerun. After appearing in several films where efforts to make her appear younger became distracting, Crawford looks fine; she acts the ludicrous script with uncommon conviction. Now firmly in her 60s, Crawford was only appearing in UK features and US television; after a couple more TV roles, she retired (possibly, due to health concerns). Too bad she couldn't get a more interesting gig. Trog is just too silly.** Trog (9//11/70) Freddie Francis ~ Joan Crawford, Joe Cornelius, David Griffin, Michael Gough