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Actors: Ray Milland, Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke, Judy Pace
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Frogs |
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The wealthy and elderly southern gentleman, Jason Crocket (Milland), is not a friend of the environment. Confined to a wheelchair he is a cantankerous old goat, constantly harping at his servants and groundskeepers to do away with the critters that inhabit the surrounding wilderness whenever they are careless enough to crawl, slither, or jump onto his property. When his pampered, unlikable family and friends descend on his estate in a rural bayou setting for his birthday celebration they are in for a brush with nature they won't soon forget. Pickett Smith (Elliot) is an environmental photographer who finds and records the signs of pollution in the woods and water surrounding the estate. He is the near victim of a boating accident and is brought back to the estate by Karen (Van Ark) and her drunken brother to make sure he is okay. Weird things start to happen beginning with the phone lines going dead and people not returning to the house.
As the native creatures inflict a nasty end to one guest after another the means of death are varied and creative. One male guest goes out with a gun but shoots himself in the leg. In a state of extreme distress he is crippled and cannot walk when numerous spiders descend on him. Soon he is encased in tarantulas and their silk webs before being disposed of. Later that day an unfortunate houseguest is done in by snakes, a man gets it from the alligators in the water, and another is gassed with chemicals in the greenhouse thanks to clumsy Gila Monsters. Each death is campy and drawn out but filled with “Don't-Go-In-There” tension and apprehensiveness. Only the supposedly decent folks are able to walk (run) away from the swampy carnage. Crocket dies from fright when he sees legions of large bullfrogs swarming the property.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Frogs |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Disaster, Natural/Nuclear
Yes
Kind of disaster:
- bug/animal attacks
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Age:
- long lived adults
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- animal
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- quicksand
- alligators/crocs
- heat/bugs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- fright
- eaten
- drowned
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