slayrrr666
"Frog-g-g" is a perfectly fine exploitation film with some creature feature goodness.**SPOILERS**Concerned about leaked toxic-waste reports, Dr. Barbara Michaels, (Kristi Russell) finds evidence to believe the company owned by Huntley Grimes, (Michael McConnohie) is behind the series of weird mutations she has come across. Despite her best intentions, she can't find anything on him, and he threatens Sheriff Buford Lawson, (Robert Patrick Brink) to keep a tab on her while she goes about her job. When she uncovers more evidence that something's wrong with the chemicals in the town's water supply, she goes to the authorities but no one is willing to listen to her, and eventually her friend Trixie, (Ariadne Shaffer) finally manages to help her prove that the chemicals have created a monstrous mutation from the local wildlife, and discovering that the created is driven by the urge to mate, set out to stop it from carrying on it's reign of terror across the town.The Good News: This was a pretty enjoyable exploitation film. There's a lot to like from the fact that there's a lot of sleaze and nudity present. It's in for a fun time when there's a lesbian sex scene to start the film off, and it only gets better from there, complete with another one later one, a shower scene that comes complete with a sensuous massage to start it off. Even then, the start of one of the rapes is done with a straight couple doing it as well with a really long sequence that is really fun and definitely worthwhile. Also managing to work is the fact that the majority of the scenes are done in with the lesbian variety is where it gets really gets this one's attention. The fact that there's a really large amount of time devoted to the mystery about the chemicals being dumped is actually really fun, since it's got the fieldwork investigations, the testing in the lab and the fact that there's nothing that happens to make the townspeople believe in the story, as tired as that cliché is, works in the film's favor. Pretty much most of those scenes are pretty good, working to make sure that something is going on and manages to sustain a lot of interest in the situations. There's also the film's last half, which is really cheesy and fun. This is the creature's full-on rampage around town, and there's a lot to like about it. There's another rape scene thrown in, this time at a football game underneath the bleachers that is cruelly drowned-out by the cheers for the game, and then the creature joins in the game itself, there's some more great stuff featured. It's plain, straight-up cheesy action that is purely great, and then the confrontation at the Catholic school is even better. From the reaction to the creature on the campus to the methods of dealing with it and how it's finally stopped is really a lot of fun, and from all these elements makes the film all the more enjoyable. It's really the best part of the film, as there's some great stuff there. The last good part is the film's rather intriguing creature, which is a new design and doesn't seem too outrageous considering the elements presented in the film. All of these here are what make the film worthwhile.The Bad News: This one didn't have a whole lot of flaws with it. The main thing is going to be the rampant amounts of sleaze in here. Some might find the rape scenes so disturbing they'll automatically wipe this one away due to the mere content piece of it, and the fact that there's more than one in here is something to get over that some will immediately rule out on principle. There's also the film's rather cheesy-looking killer frog, as there's very little about it that won't produce anything but laughs, and it's not anything that will scare or frighten anyone. The last flaw is the decided lack of violence, as an exploitation film of this caliber needed more than what was provided in here. It's probably the only thing keeping this one from a bona fide classic, and would've made the other flaws more acceptable.The Final Verdict: Somewhat entertaining take on the exploitation goodness of the past, which has some great parts to it and not much else. Really give this one a shot if you're into these kinds of creature features or are in the mood for something dirty and sleazy, heed caution if you're not or ignore if you can't stand the sleaze at all.Rated R: Full Nudity, Violence, Graphic Language, several rape attempts and several sex scenes
PHANZINE
I don't quite understand some of the introduction as how it pertains to the actual flick; but then again "Who Cares?" I got lost somewhere when the titles were rolling, but I think you would too. What a breath of fresh air if you love B-Movies in the 1970 - Roger Corman vain.Like other Fans posting on here, I agree that there is a degree of acknowledgment for other films such as Humanoids From The Deep. I also saw glimpses of Return of the Living Dead as well. If Kentucky Fried Movie had a section dedicated to just horror films this baby would've been perfect.Above par acting coupled with a decent script and editing made this a fun watch. I am waiting for the sequel; hopefully before I or the idea croak.
mvario
This was one great cheesy monster flick. Sort of like an updated, lower budgeted, tongue-in-cheek version of Humanoids From The Deep. You have a horny giant mutant frog, you have naked lesbians, you have action, a love story, everything.Okay, it was real low budget, but the acting wasn't too bad. They probably could have done with a little more money for the frog costume, maybe a few more mutant frogs, but for what they had they did a really good job.And the directing and editing were pretty good. Often with low budget flicks I get distracted by too many static camera long shots and bad pacing, but this film didn't suffer from either of those.If you liked Humandoids, if you groove on Troma, then you'll love this little fun movie.
