Mango
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It's the prequel to "Attack of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker"
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It's the prequel to "Attack of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker"
Beachbummette
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I have the movie at my house in Seagrove! It is too much campy funn!! Sam Elliott's first movie! Anyone want to do movie night?!
Beachbummette
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gull....my house movie night when your down. Then I think I need to take you on a SoWal tour!:clap_1:
Mango
SoWal Insider
I have the movie at my house in Seagrove! It is too much campy funn!! Sam Elliott's first movie! Anyone want to do movie night?!
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A fan asking for an autograph by actors and actress of the movie Frogs: Panama City, Florida (1972)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Frogs was directed by George McGowan and released by American International Pictures (AIP) [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pictured here (right to left) are the film's stars Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark, and Adam Roarke with an unidentified autograph seeker. Panama City, Florida.[/FONT]
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Beachbummette
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It was filmed in Pt. Washington at Eden Gardens (recognize the house in the trailer ad?) for some parts of it and part was filmed on the lake in Inlet Beach.
I think the cast and crew stayed in PCB.
I think the cast and crew stayed in PCB.
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Beachbummette
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So they lied and said filmed entirely in PC?
Eden is no where near PC.
i know! I don't know why that sign says that but...it does say "area"
Pt Washington! Eden State Gardens, mansion!
this movie is so horribly cheesy and just bad, but I do want to see it again some time. so worth it for entertainment value!
come over one night when mangey is down....we will do movie night!:
we could add some of these too!
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Kurt
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In 1972, this was the PCB area. My brother and sisters watched it when we were kids and it scared the goobers out of us.
I used to print this on the back of Eden prints for sale:
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Many of the 500 Florida frogs and 100 giant South American toads purchased for use in the film escaped during production.
The Holiday Inn used by the crew would not allow the poisonous snakes, spiders or black scorpions used in the film to be brought into the hotel.
Pickett Smith: [Looking at the dead body] Do you know anywhere we can hide the body?
Charles: [as if he knows where the Dead Body Hideout of the house is] YES SIR, THIS WAY.
Even though the film can never really top the brilliance of its own tagline ('Today the pond! Tomorrow the world!'), "Frogs" is a hugely entertaining and surprisingly well-made ecological horror film. These typical "creature features" were guaranteed hits back in the 70's and pretty much every animal species got turned into ravenous monsters enthusiast horror filmmakers, even the most unlikely ones like worms ("Squirm") and rabbits ("Night of the Lepus"). In this film, the frogs aren't just vicious killers but also strategic army generals that mobilize a whole island's ecosystem to commit nasty murders! The frogs are merely supervising whilst humans are being killed off by spiders, lizards, snakes, alligators and ? oh yes ? even a turtle! Pickett Smith is a freelance photographer who ends up at the private island home of obnoxious industrialist Jason Crockett during his annual 4th of July/birthday celebration. Also present are a dangerously increasing amount of frogs that no longer put up with the pollution and pesticides on the island and they plan a large-scaled attack on the Crockett family. "Ten Little Indians"-style, all the island's residents are imaginatively killed by ill-natured critters. The story naturally is silly and hardly ever scary, yet it's praiseworthy how director George McGowan attempts to build up an atmosphere of tension. Much like Hitchcock did in "The Birds" (only better), McGowan simply zooms in on the frogs and puts the emphasis on their eerie croaking. So, even though they're simple frogs they look a bit ominous! The best aspect of the film unquestionably is Mario Tosi's colorful camera-work that shows the beautiful environment from many creative viewpoints. The young Sam Elliot is quite good in his heroic role but the shows is obviously stolen by Ray Milland as the grumpy and bossy millionaire who thinks he can afford himself everything. The rest of the cast is quite wooden and their gruesome animal-inflicted deaths actually come as a relief. "Frogs" stands for great campy fun, not a single dull moment and a high body count!
I used to print this on the back of Eden prints for sale:
More....
Many of the 500 Florida frogs and 100 giant South American toads purchased for use in the film escaped during production.
The Holiday Inn used by the crew would not allow the poisonous snakes, spiders or black scorpions used in the film to be brought into the hotel.
Pickett Smith: [Looking at the dead body] Do you know anywhere we can hide the body?
Charles: [as if he knows where the Dead Body Hideout of the house is] YES SIR, THIS WAY.
Even though the film can never really top the brilliance of its own tagline ('Today the pond! Tomorrow the world!'), "Frogs" is a hugely entertaining and surprisingly well-made ecological horror film. These typical "creature features" were guaranteed hits back in the 70's and pretty much every animal species got turned into ravenous monsters enthusiast horror filmmakers, even the most unlikely ones like worms ("Squirm") and rabbits ("Night of the Lepus"). In this film, the frogs aren't just vicious killers but also strategic army generals that mobilize a whole island's ecosystem to commit nasty murders! The frogs are merely supervising whilst humans are being killed off by spiders, lizards, snakes, alligators and ? oh yes ? even a turtle! Pickett Smith is a freelance photographer who ends up at the private island home of obnoxious industrialist Jason Crockett during his annual 4th of July/birthday celebration. Also present are a dangerously increasing amount of frogs that no longer put up with the pollution and pesticides on the island and they plan a large-scaled attack on the Crockett family. "Ten Little Indians"-style, all the island's residents are imaginatively killed by ill-natured critters. The story naturally is silly and hardly ever scary, yet it's praiseworthy how director George McGowan attempts to build up an atmosphere of tension. Much like Hitchcock did in "The Birds" (only better), McGowan simply zooms in on the frogs and puts the emphasis on their eerie croaking. So, even though they're simple frogs they look a bit ominous! The best aspect of the film unquestionably is Mario Tosi's colorful camera-work that shows the beautiful environment from many creative viewpoints. The young Sam Elliot is quite good in his heroic role but the shows is obviously stolen by Ray Milland as the grumpy and bossy millionaire who thinks he can afford himself everything. The rest of the cast is quite wooden and their gruesome animal-inflicted deaths actually come as a relief. "Frogs" stands for great campy fun, not a single dull moment and a high body count!