even though the film can never really top the brilliance of it own tagline ( today the pond . tomorrow the world . ) and frog be a hugely entertaining and surprisingly well make ecological horror film . these typical creature feature be guarantee hit back in the 70 and pretty much every animal specie get turn into ravenous monster enthusiast horror filmmaker and even the most unlikely one like worm ( squirm ) and rabbit ( night of the lepus ) . in this film and the frog aren not just vicious killer but also strategic army general that mobilize a whole island ecosystem to commit nasty murder . the frog be merely supervise whilst human be be kill off by spider and lizard and snake and alligator and oh yes even a turtle . pickett smith be a freelance photographer who end up at the private island home of obnoxious industrialist jason crockett during his annual 4th of july or birthday celebration . also present be a dangerously increase amount of frog that no long put up with the pollution and pesticide on the island and they plan a large scaled attack on the crockett family . ten little indians style and all the island resident be imaginatively kill by ill natured critter . the story naturally be silly and hardly ever scary and yet it praiseworthy how director george mcgowan attempt to build up an atmosphere of tension . much like hitchcock do in the bird ( only well ) and mcgowan simply zoom in on the frog and put the emphasis on their eerie croaking . so and even though theyre simple frog they look a bit ominous . the best aspect of the film unquestionably be mario tosi colorful camera work that show the beautiful environment from many creative viewpoint . the young sam elliot be quite good in his heroic role but the show be obviously steal by ray milland a the grumpy and bossy millionaire who think he can afford himself everything . the rest of the cast be quite wooden and their gruesome animal inflict death actually come a a relief . frog stand for great campy fun and not a single dull moment and a high body count . damn and the 70 be cool .