Trog
Seen it?1970 | 91 min | Horror, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office flop, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans and sci-fi fans. If you loved Prometheus or Phantasm, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1970: an older pace and style.
Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave. Through experimentation, she manages to communicate with and domesticate him before he's released by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorising the local citizenry.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
13% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 40K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Freddie Francis
- Joan CrawfordDr. Brockton
- Michael GoughSam Murdock
- Bernard KayInspector Greenham
- Kim BradenAnne Brockton
- David GriffinMalcolm Travers
- John HamillCliff
- Thorley WaltersMagistrate
- Jack MayDr. Selbourne
- Geoffrey CaseBill
- Robert HuttonDr. Richard Warren