Movie #42- "Frogs" (1972)

An odd movie choice, but for a reason.  Childhood memories can really stick with you.  Our family was on vacation in Hot Springs, Ark.  I remember walking through the downtown area, when we passed a theater that was playing "Frogs."  Look at the poster.  For some reason, that sight stuck with me through the years.  I don't have any irrational fear of frogs, but something about a frog with a hand sticking out of its mouth.  It just stays in your memory.
The movie itself is cheap, campy fun.  The poster is misleading, as you're lead to believe that the frogs are doing the killing.  They're not.  The frogs appear to have the ability to communicate to all the other animals on this island (snakes, spiders, alligators, and even a turtle) and have them do the killing for them.  Pollution and pesticides are the implied reason for the animals revenge.  Or maybe they don't want this particular family to enjoy a family gathering.
The hardest working people on "Frogs" had to be the frog wranglers and the sound technician.  There are a lot of shots of frogs and frogs tossed into a pile of other frogs.  The film makers try, without much success, to make the frogs look menacing.  Also there are very few points in the film where you don't hear frogs.
Sam Elliott co-stars, without the awesome mustache, along with Joan Van Ark and Oscar winner Ray Milland.  "Jaws" would bring the fear to water a few years later that "Frogs" really wanted to capture.

Rating: 3/10
Movies I've previously seen: 4
First time viewings: 38