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July 14, 2007, 07:50:47 AM




On DVD . . . at last!  I bought it as part of a Warner Brothers cult classics 3-pack.

Three irritating college guys discover a half-ape, half-man (a Troglodyte) in  a cave.  Joan Crawford shoots it with a tranquilizer gun and brings it back to her lab for experiments.  She names the beast Trog.  Michael Gough rants and raves to the police and the courts that Trog must be destroyed!  Joan disagrees!  Heavy drama ensues!  Trog throws a guy through a window and impales a butcher on a meathook!  Wacky 1970s trash!
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

RCMerchant

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July 14, 2007, 08:52:56 AM
 TROG! Hahahaha!!! We usta have this ...woman(?) who live next door to us...kinda creepy...she looked like Trog!
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Shadow

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July 14, 2007, 09:36:35 AM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on July 14, 2007, 07:50:47 AM
Michael Gough rants and raves

I think this is what he did best before becoming Alfred the butler.

I almost watched this one last night, but went with The Colossus of Rhodes instead.
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Dennis

#3
July 14, 2007, 12:39:01 PM
I saw the movie in a walk-in theater in my youth, I remember it as being pretty dumb, but also kind of funny, don't remember the second movie, but this one was entertaining, in a silly kind of way.

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Raffine

#4
July 14, 2007, 07:59:14 PM
TROG used to scare the crap out of me when I used to watch it on The CBS Late Movie. Now it seems pretty silly, but a lot of fun.

Best (campiest) part has Trog being soothed by pretty classical music but going nuts when he hears rock n' roll.  He also gets to play with a Major Matt Nelson Space Crawler!



Michael Gough had some bad luck with apes in the 60's. A few years before TROG Gough got to rant and rave and get carried around by KONGA. Or at least, a little Michael Grough doll got carried around by Konga.

The CBS Late Movie was great. During the 70's and early 80's they used to show tons of A.I.P. and Hammer horror films, and other great horror/fantasy films like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED,  THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO and VALLEY OF GWANGI. It was eventually replaced by repeats of Barnaby Jones and then The Pat Sajak Show. 

If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.

RCMerchant

#5
July 14, 2007, 09:10:52 PM
Yeah. I saw many of the Hammer Dracula films on there,including TASTE the BLOOD of DRACULA, DRACULA -PRINCE of DARKNESS,as welll as HOUSE of DARK SHADOWS....karma for jogging some good memories....
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

The Burgomaster

#6
July 14, 2007, 10:47:32 PM
Quote from: Raffine on July 14, 2007, 07:59:14 PM
He also gets to play with a Major Matt Nelson Space Crawler!

The CBS Late Movie was great. During the 70's and early 80's they used to show tons of A.I.P. and Hammer horror films, and other great horror/fantasy films like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED,  THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO and VALLEY OF GWANGI. It was eventually replaced by repeats of Barnaby Jones and then The Pat Sajak Show. 

Hey - - that's Major Matt Mason!  Don't get him confused with Tony Nelson from I DREAM OF JEANNIE!

And thanks for the memories about the CBS Late Movie!
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

Raffine

#7
July 14, 2007, 10:57:03 PM
QuoteHey - - that's Major Matt Mason!  Don't get him confused with Tony Nelson from I DREAM OF JEANNIE!

Ha!  :bouncegiggle:

I think that exactly what I did when I typed that. I did Google 'Major Matt Mason' when looking for the pic of the Space Crawler. My cousin and I had lots of the 'Major Matt Mason' stuff and I recognized the Space Crawler immediately when I first saw TROG all those years ago.

Yeah, the CBS Late Movie was about the ONLY way to see any of the Hammer films back then. The only one I actually saw in a theater was DRACULA A.D. 1972.
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CheezeFlixz

#8
July 15, 2007, 12:09:08 AM
Quote from: Raffine on July 14, 2007, 07:59:14 PM
TROG used to scare the crap out of me when I used to watch it on The CBS Late Movie. Now it seems pretty silly, but a lot of fun.

Best (campiest) part has Trog being soothed by pretty classical music but going nuts when he hears rock n' roll.  He also gets to play with a Major Matt Nelson Space Crawler!




Somewhere is storage I still have a Major Matt Nelson space crawler, space station, jet pack, action figures, moon rover and a few other things. I think I even have the original boxes, in boxes are in rough space though.

Torgo

#9
July 16, 2007, 07:53:58 PM
Joan Crawford's finest hour and a half!

BTW, what were the other 2 movies in this WB Cult Classic 3 pack? 
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The Burgomaster

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July 17, 2007, 12:33:31 PM Last Edit: July 17, 2007, 12:35:06 PM by The Burgomaster
Quote from: Torgo on July 16, 2007, 07:53:58 PM
BTW, what were the other 2 movies in this WB Cult Classic 3 pack? 

The other movies are CAGED and THE BIG CUBE.  There are actually 4 Cult Classic packs available.  Each has 3 movies as follows:

* QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
* ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN
* THE GIANT BEHEMOTH

* SKYJACKED
* HOT RODS TO HELL
* ZERO HOUR

* LAND OF THE PHARAOHS
* THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES
* THE PRODIGAL

I bought 'em all
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

Allhallowsday

#11
July 17, 2007, 10:38:03 PM Last Edit: July 17, 2007, 10:42:44 PM by Allhallowsday
"Bad movie involving a gorilla..."   :bouncegiggle:   :lookingup:  A lot of fun, as I recall, though it's been 30 years. 

Also, this was Joan Crawford's last feature film. 

Quote from: Raffine on July 14, 2007, 07:59:14 PM
The CBS Late Movie was great. During the 70's and early 80's they used to show tons of A.I.P. and Hammer horror films, and other great horror/fantasy films like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED,  THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO and VALLEY OF GWANGI. It was eventually replaced by repeats of Barnaby Jones and then The Pat Sajak Show. 

What a memory you've got (I remember certain scenarios, like late night on NBC in the very early 80s)...I am also in the legion of those that remember the CBS LATE MOVIE fondly, very fondly...karma
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