This movie is bad,but it is bad in a MST3K fun kinda way.I was glued to my television from the funky 70's porn style music that it opens with to the mind numbing stupidity of the ending.
It is about a little boy who lives on a deserted island with his park ranger father and a crusty old hermit that is right out of a Conan O'Brien sketch.The kid finds a frog bone on the island and the discovery brings a babe paleontoligist to the island.She is accompanied by what is either her assistant or daughter.It never really makes it clear exactly who she is.It turns out there is an ancient killer frog man in the lake,or as the old hermit says "half man,half frog,reeeal ugly,half I don't know what!"Not only is it a killer frog man,it's a killer frog man with a horde of gold.The gold draws the attention of some greedy lumber jacks.One great moment of cinematic brilliance features one of the lumber jacks being discovered by the younger girl in full scuba gear.When asked what he is doing he says "Just a little bass fishing"The whole movie is told in flashback and ends in modern times with the little boy,who is all grown up,going back to the lake with his skank girlfriend to find the gold.
It's a pretty decent way to kill an afternoon.It's probably not for everyone but if you are reading reviews at this site you will probably like it.The creature isn't shown in detail until the end and when you see it you will know why.In closing I would like to recognize the brave stunt work done by the hermit's pet billy goat.Thumbs up kid! -Badfish |
