Hell Comes to Frogtown

Infobox Film|name = Hell Comes to Frogtown
director = Donald G. Jackson
R.J. Kizer
writer = Donald G. Jackson and
Randall Frakes (story & screenplay)
starring = Roddy Piper
Sandahl Bergman
Cec Verrell
William Smith
Rory Calhoun
producer = Donald G. Jackson
Randall Frakes
music = David Shapiro
cinematography = Donald G. Jackson
Enrico Picard
editing = R.J. Kizer
James Matheny

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distributor = New World Pictures
released = January 29, 1988 (USA)
runtime = 88 min.
rating = R
country = USA
language = English
budget = Unknown
gross = Unknown
followed_by = "Return to Frogtown"
amg_id = 1:22052
imdb_id = 0093171

"Hell Comes to Frogtown" is a 1987 cult film that was created by Donald G. Jackson. The screenplay for this film was written by Jackson and Randall Frakes. The film was directed by Jackson and R.J. Kizer, and stars the professional wrestler Roddy Piper [ [http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html Hell Comes to Frogtown: Roddy Piper must impregnate women - or have his nads blown to smithereens! How did the Academy overlook this one?] ] .

Plot

This film is set in an post-apocalyptic wasteland of the future where amphibians rule the Earth. Following a nuclear war, few fertile men and women exist and, as a result, Sam Hell (Piper) is recruited by the government to reproduce and save the human race. He is recruited to infiltrate a city of frog-people and rescue a group of fertile women. Hell has to wear a protective codpiece that will explode if he tries to abort his mission.

"Hell" contains the hallmarks of an unintentionally funny B-movie (low budget, awful costumes, blatant plot holes, awkward dialogue, obvious bloopers, and an absurd plot), yet seems to be conscious of its hilarity.

The most notable sceneFact|date=July 2008 in the movie is the notorious "Dance of the Three Snakes" sequence by Sandahl Bergman.

Despite its critically poor reception, "Hell Comes To Frogtown" spawned three sequels: "Return to Frogtown" (1993), "Toad Warrior" (1996), and "Max Hell Frog Warrior" (2002). [cite web|title=Interview With Donald G. Jackson, Director of Hell Comes To Frogtown|author=Patrick Naugle|date=24-08-2001| url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/interviews/frogtown|publisher=dvdverdict.com]

In popular culture

The title inspired the animated television series "Family Guy" episode title "Hell Comes to Quahog".Fact|date=May 2008

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