Three amateur cave explorers are attacked by a primitive being. One is killed and another is terribly wounded. Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) is interested. A police search finds a troglodyte which is brought out into the sunlight.
With only their word, the police should suspect the survivors having killed their friend in the cave. The fact that the police never considers it means that there is bad writing here. It's not surprising that a B-movie is filled with bad writing. As expected, there is plenty of camp in the troglodyte. It's a caveman mask in a fur vest. It's classic B-movie. One would have thought the actor be hairier. Joan Crawford is obviously doing it for the money but she shows up and takes it seriously. That's a pro. It's her last theatrical film. She's really the only truly interesting thing in the movie. The trog mask has some mouth movements which is better than nothing. It shows that this had some serious efforts but lacked the ability to do good work. This owes a lot to the 50's and 60's British sci-fi B-movies. Sadly, it's not one of the few which exceeds its genre. The story is basically Frankenstein. In that sense, having Joan Crawford as the doctor is the best that could be hoped for.
With only their word, the police should suspect the survivors having killed their friend in the cave. The fact that the police never considers it means that there is bad writing here. It's not surprising that a B-movie is filled with bad writing. As expected, there is plenty of camp in the troglodyte. It's a caveman mask in a fur vest. It's classic B-movie. One would have thought the actor be hairier. Joan Crawford is obviously doing it for the money but she shows up and takes it seriously. That's a pro. It's her last theatrical film. She's really the only truly interesting thing in the movie. The trog mask has some mouth movements which is better than nothing. It shows that this had some serious efforts but lacked the ability to do good work. This owes a lot to the 50's and 60's British sci-fi B-movies. Sadly, it's not one of the few which exceeds its genre. The story is basically Frankenstein. In that sense, having Joan Crawford as the doctor is the best that could be hoped for.