Frog-g-g! is a 2004 American science fiction comedy horror film about a mutant frog monster caused by chemical waste spillages.
Written and directed by Cody Jarrett.
Plot:
Chemical waste seeps into a small town’s water supply, causing the birth of a mutant froggg which is instinctively driven to mate with its genetic match – human women. Sexy EPA super-agent Doctor Barbara Michaels tracks the Froggg’s every move, fighting off corrupt good-ol’-boy politicians and drunken rednecks at every turn. No one in town believes her, or the evidence, until the shocking climax when the Froggg is finally brought to justice… or is it…?
Our review:
When the water supply for a small town becomes contaminated, a United States Environmental Protection Agency agent must track down the cause and the monstrous frog that it creates.
Doctor Barbara Michaels, (Kristi Russell) from the Environmental Protection Agency arrives in a small US town, determined to prove that the residents are at risk from contaminated water, originating from the town’s biggest employer, Grimes’ chemical plant.
After finding mutated fish and hearing tales of ‘tadpoles the size of frisbees’, she confronts Grimes who aggressively refutes the allegations, despite his track record in health and safety issues and warns her not to meddle in his business.
Pausing only to conduct a lesbian affair with a local bartender, Michaels takes her findings to the town sheriff, who is similarly displeased that his quiet town is being dragged through the mud by an outsider, not least because his brother-in-law is Grimes.
Despite a break-in at her lab destroying all evidence of her findings, lab samples sent back to her base in the city reveal the DNA found to be something frog-like but with an alarmingly close match to humans. So close is the match that the mutated frog has taken to the streets, only being able to reproduce by raping the town’s lady-folk.
When Grimes’ own family starts being attacked by the creature, the opposing forces finally come to their senses and attempt to track down the beast, who is quickly hopping from the town’s high school football final to an all-girl Catholic school…
Taking inspiration from obvious targets such as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Humanoids From the Deep and Alligator but also the raft of 1980s horror films which took the dumping of chemical and nuclear waste as the spark for monstrous carnage, Frog-g-g! doesn’t attempt to be a serious horror film at any point and at best could be said to lampoon the exploitation films which themselves took events to illogical conclusions.
Although a step above Syfy channel fodder, we aren’t quite in head-spinning Troma territory – the tiny budget is wasted neither on acting talent (only Mary Woronov from Silent Night, Bloody Night and TerrorVision has a CV worth investigating) nor the frog monster, which resembles a cheap Greedo fancy dress costume.
The monster itself makes only brief appearances, a great shame as although the costume is absolute rubbish, he does deliver a few laughs and some energetic, as well as gymnastic, sexual activities.
The lesbian lead character makes a nice change and despite one mention of ‘Doctor Dyke’ is vilified for interfering rather than her sexuality, although the final act reveals why this has been shoe-horned into the plot. An utterly harmless eighty minutes of fun with a final shot that will make even the stoniest of faces crack out a smile.
Daz Lawrence, MOVIES & MANIA
Other reviews:
“The movie has no horror at all and considering the plot comprises a man-sized frog copulating with virgins, the sexploitation is also disappointing. (I’m sorry but when one rents a cheap C-grade Humanoids from the Deep rip-off one expects a hecatomb of nubile young flesh and gratuitous nudity to boot.)” Cinematic Diversions
“There’s almost no story; the 80-minute runtime is torturous; at least 70% of the movie is (unneeded) talking scenes; almost zero action; there’s very little nudity (and none of it any good); the body count, if you can even call it that, is like…two; the named actors touted on the DVD box (Mary Woronov and James Duval) combine together for about 30 seconds of screen time; the script should have been lit on fire and then thrown off a balcony…” Happyotter
“If the movie had been a little more broad in its parody of b-films, it might have resonated with a few more people. Overall, Frog-g-g! is kind of dull, with only brief flashes of entertainment. It is certainly better than just about any “Troma” flick out there, but only by a hair.” Misan[trope]y
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