{"id":4910,"date":"2007-12-02T18:45:52","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2021-01-08T22:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T05:30:47","slug":"trog-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4910","title":{"rendered":"Trog (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<strong>Note:<\/strong> The following review is of a non-Peary title; click <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388\">here<\/a> to read more.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I have to see it! Malcolm, I <em>must<\/em> go into that cave before the police!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster-191x270.png 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/Trog-Poster.png 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn anthropologist (Joan Crawford) discovers a &#8220;missing link&#8221; troglodyte (Joe Cornelius) living deep inside a cave, and tries her best to humanize him. Meanwhile, her efforts are sabotaged by an evil land developer (Michael Gough) who wants nothing more than to obliterate Trog.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joan Crawford Films<\/li>\n<li>Primates<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWhile Peary lists <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1872\"><em>Berserk!<\/em> (1967)<\/a> &#8212; Joan Crawford&#8217;s tepid next-to-last picture &#8212; in the back of his book as &#8220;must see&#8221;, for some reason he fails to include its infinitely more notorious counterpart, <em>Trog<\/em>: a film so hideous it purportedly sent Joan herself scurrying away from Hollywood for good. (&#8220;If I weren&#8217;t a Christian Scientist, and I saw <em>Trog<\/em> advertised on a marquee across the street, I think I&#8217;d contemplate suicide&#8221;, she declared.) Indeed, <em>Trog<\/em> is one of the ultimate &#8220;bad movies&#8221; &#8212; a film <em>so<\/em> bad it&#8217;s campily good, with a nonsensical &#8220;scientific&#8221; basis, awful low-budget effects, and a cliched storyline. It&#8217;s Joan&#8217;s game participation which makes it worth a look: as always, she&#8217;s a consummately earnest and classy actress, voicing her lines like she&#8217;s in a high-brow melodrama rather than a Z-grade primate flick. Seeing her interact with Trog is priceless, and makes up for the rest of this <em>truly<\/em> lousy pic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Joan&#8217;s performance in <em>Trog<\/em> is so beloved that <a href=\"http:\/\/therhino.org\/\">San Francisco&#8217;s LGBT Theatre Rhino<\/a> produced a theatrical parody of the film back in 2006. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s all about Joan, giving it her damndest<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-gun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-gun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4916\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-doll.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-doll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4915\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-mask.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-joan-mask.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4917\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Laughably awful special effects and make-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-makeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/trog-makeup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4914\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hilariously cliched dialogue (especially as voiced by Joan):<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Malcolm, get me my hypo-gun &#8212; quickly!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply to see Joan Crawford in her final flick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066492\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2336wome.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/sf\/trog.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16124\/trog#articles-reviews?articleId=161064\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/trog\/review\/121265\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Note: The following review is of a non-Peary title; click here to read more.] &#8220;I have to see it! Malcolm, I must go into that cave before the police!&#8221; Synopsis: An anthropologist (Joan Crawford) discovers a &#8220;missing link&#8221; troglodyte (Joe Cornelius) living deep inside a cave, and tries her best to humanize him. Meanwhile, her efforts are sabotaged by an evil land developer (Michael Gough) who wants nothing more than to obliterate Trog. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Joan Crawford&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4910\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missing-title-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4910"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62431,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4910\/revisions\/62431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}