The read
Most of the 344 1970s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.
Ratings
IMDb4.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic51/100
164 audience votes
Key crew
- George McCowanDirector
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BleesScreenplay
- Robert HutchisonScreenplay
Cast
- Ray MillandJason Crockett
- Sam ElliottPickett Smith
- Joan Van ArkKaren Crockett
- Adam RoarkeClint Crockett
- Judy PaceBella Garrington
- Lynn BordenJenny Crockett
- Mae MercerMaybelle
- David GilliamMichael Martindale
- Nicholas CortlandKenneth Martindale
- George SkaffStuart Martindale
- Lance Taylor Sr.Charles
- Hollis IrvingIris Martindale
Stills
Themes
floridaislandpollutionhuman vs naturesnakephotographerpoisonindependenceleechwheelchairspideranimal attack