We’re getting into the spooky season with Trog (1970), a British horror movie about a thawed caveman who goes on a murderous rampage, and an anthropologist who wants to study him for reasons which are not always clear. Is this a B-movie classic or does it take itself too seriously to be campy? Find out what we think in this episode!
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In this episode:
Joan Crawford’s final film.
“Troglodyte” just means “cave dweller”
Trog’s costume was recycled from 2001: A Space Odyssey: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066492/trivia
The way you see colour depends on which language you speak: https://theconversation.com/the-way-you-see-colour-depends-on-what-language-you-speak-94833
All apes see the same colour spectrum as humans: https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/primate/color.htm
Neander-Jin has a 7.7 on IMDB; go watch it and then rate it accordingly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i72em0Zb2fM