Curapedi
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
BallWubba
Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
gridoon2018
"Trog" might have been a camp classic (there are certainly scenes intentionally played for laughs, like the one which demonstrates that Trog vastly prefers classical music to rock) if the pacing weren't so tedious. The butcher's dispatching is a gory highlight. Notable as Joan Crawford's final theatrical film, but Joe Cornelious, as the eponymous cave dweller, actually gives the best performance (it's not surprising to find out that he was a pro-wrestler in real life). ** out of 4.
poe426
TROG scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid. It featured what had to be one of the most horrifying creatures to ever come creeping hideously across the Big Screen. I'm talking about Joan Crawford, of course. (And, yes, that WAS a joke.) I recently revisited this one for the first time since my childhood and, while a lot of it just doesn't hold up to close scrutiny, it's still a fun movie. (I KNEW it! According to the IMDb, the mask worn by Joe Cornelius as TROG was originally one of the ape-men from 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. I would've bet money on that even before reading the IMDb trivia.) The scene that shook me up most as a kid (aside from the creepy cavern scenes early on) was the scene where Trog surprises Michael Gough as he's about to flee the scene of the crime. I also found the scenes where our hero lopes about the countryside at night in search of the entrance to his underground home pretty scary. Sigh. They just don't make 'em like this any more...
jjnxn-1
The good: There is precious little but the ultra professionalism of Joan Crawford even in dreck like this is impressive indeed. She was aware what she was involved in and while many actors would have just phoned in a blank wall of a performance Miss Crawford would never allow herself to lower her standards to that level. At least by providing her own wardrobe, a budget necessity, she at least guaranteed that although matronly she was at least stylishly dressed amongst the mess that was surrounding her. A pity that this was her cinematic swan song after such a fabled career. She was offered a few more parts, albeit supporting roles in both Airport '75 and Airport '77 which are hardly masterpieces but at least more distinguished than this, but had lost her confidence and totally withdrawn from public view. Beside Joan keeping a stiff upper lip while encircled by junk there are some pretty views of an English village and the surrounding countryside and some very buff actors in the first sequence who strip down to their undies and take a dip to go exploring a cave. Those are the sum total of worthwhile elements in this clunker.The bad:everything else in this terrible movie. Only for completist fans of Joan or extremely bad movies.
ags123
So this is what it all came down to. "Trog" is anything but an elegant grace note to an illustrious career. As usual, Joan gives it her all, as if she were tackling Shakespeare. Surprisingly, she doesn't look bad for 65, despite the heavy eyelids. Unlike Bette Davis, who transcended her horror years with a few gentle performances at the end, Joan could not halt the downward spiral. Her latter films, like "Straight Jacket" and "Berserk" are campy fun, but this silly nonsense is just moronic and cheesy. For viewers, "Trog" is neither scary, as intended, nor is it mildly amusing for all the wrong reasons. It's simply embarrassing. We'll forgive her and pretend it never happened.
