Frog-g-g!
Year: 2005
Director: Cody Jarrett
Written by: Cody Jarrett
Threat: Mutant Frog
Weapon of Choice: Toxic Chemicals
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Rish's Reviews
"It was a giant frog!"
I watched this film many, many moons ago, but because I never reviewed it, I forgot to
consider it in our yearend Worst Films of 2005 poll. Darn. Still, there were many notes,
such as "LAME" and "Histrionics" and "Lesbians," to help me write my review. For
that I am grateful.
Frog-g-g! recounts an oft-told tale: a woman environmental agent discovers a
small town's chemical waste seepage has created something terrible . . . a giant mutant
frog with a burning desire for human women! Can the frog(g-g) be stopped? And will
anyone believe her?
This is probably the most lesbianic film we've reviewed on the HFC. In Frog-g-g!'s
world, men are corrupt, clueless, idiots, or bastards. The sheriff went to the Roscoe P.
Coltrane School of Law Enforcement. But had to drop out in his second year. I still
don't get the lesbian angle, but I suppose I'm just old. I also don't understand why
they had to misspell "frog" for the title, but hey, perhaps I'm too educated too.
This was quite cheap (I mean, mega-cheap), filled with overacting, and lots and lots of
talk. It clocked in at only seventy-seven minutes long, but it was still too long. It was
not entirely badly written, however. The frog man costume is kind of well done, even
if it's a less sophisticated Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Wow, look at all those beautiful Skulls! I remember a day when tyranist and I would
groan when we'd see cliche after unoriginal cliche. Now, I sort of delight in it. Looking
over my notes, I see I actually gave Frog-g-g! five Skulls in the Bad Title slot.
Unfortunately, a film can technically only have two.
Except for the lesbian chic, it felt just like a Seventies flick. I'm certain the filmmakers
would tell you they were big fans of the Mother-Nature-Gets-Her-Revenge flicks of that
decade (crap lik--I'm sorry, films like Frogs and
The Giant Spider Invasion and Rattlers and The Swarm, not to
mention that all-time classic, Night of the Lepus), and it's all intentional. The film
is most reminds me of is that little gem,
Humanoids From the Deep, though not nearly that good.
This is a horrid movie, but I find myself unable to truly despise it. Though incredibly bad,
I'm not sure it was intended to be good. Does that make sense? Regardless, it is probably
not unentertaining if you saw it with friends. One scene is kind of amusing: as the frog
pushes a woman's lover off her and mounts her instead, she delights in the improvement.
Until she opens her eyes, that is.
There's also a really nice Frog-g-g theme song at the end ("He's the frog that you
love") that almost forces me to recommend it. It's worth a half a star in a review, at least.
Line To Remember: "For that creature to survive, it must seek out its genetic partner
to mate with and continue the species. Bottom line: your frog's got an eye for ladies."
I'd Recommend It To: Look, if you rent this thing,, you know what you're getting. And
maybe you won't be entirely disappointed. It's bad . . . but almost in a good way.
Posted: February 1, 2006
Total Skulls: 26
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| Rips off earlier film | |
Seventies horny monster flicks |
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
| Future celebrity appears | ||
| Former celebrity appears | ||
| Bad title | |
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| Bad premise | ||
| Bad acting | |
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| Bad dialogue | |
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| Bad execution | |
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| MTV Editing | ||
| OTS | |
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| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | |
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| Wanton sex | |
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| Death associated with sex | |
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| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | |
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| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | |
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| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | |
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| Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | |
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| Car stalls or won't start | ||
| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | |
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| Laughable scare | |
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| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | ||
| Hallucination/Vision | ||
| No one believes only witness | |
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| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
| Warning goes unheeded | |
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| Music detracts from scene | ||
| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Flashback sequence | ||
| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | ||
| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | ||
| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | |
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| Beheading | ||
| Blood fountain | ||
| Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. | ||
| Poor death effect | |
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| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | ||
| Geek/Nerd survives | ||
| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | ||
| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | ||
| Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
| What the hell? | |