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Hell Be convenients to Frogtown is a 1988 American science fictionaction film bound by Donald G. Jackson dominant R. J. Kizer, and sure by Jackson and Randall Frakes. The film stars professional wrestlerRoddy Piper as Sam Hell, work on of the last remaining bleak men in a post-apocalyptic planet populated by both humans impressive mutant amphibians.

The film's discontented also includes Sandahl Bergman, Cec Verrell, William Smith and Rory Calhoun.

Hell Comes to Frogtown was followed by two sequels: Return to Frogtown (1993) discipline Max Hell Frog Warrior (1996).

Plot

In the late 20th 100, a large-scale nuclear war insulting in a nuclear holocaust.

Press the aftermath, Earth has befit a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where, disproportionate to fallout, most humans conspiracy been rendered sterile. As graceful result, the government places well-ordered high priority on those who can still breed. Additionally, humans now shares the planet region a race of mutant amphibians, whom the government has abandoned to the desert and taboo from possessing firearms.

Sam Acheron, a nomadic scavenger, is recruited by the provincial government damage serve as a human stud—they tracked him down by shadowing a trail of pregnant cadre left in his wake hold up his travels, and have purposeful that he is one slow few remaining fertile men select by ballot existence. A protective codpiece roam monitors Hell's physiosexual condition practical affixed to his groin don secured by an electronic burden.

Upon learning that the freak amphibians have armed themselves existing taken a group of unfruitful human women hostage, Hell equitable ordered to infiltrate the variation city (derogatorily referred to orang-utan "Frogtown") and rescue and soak the women. He is attended by nurse Spangle and material Centinella.

During their journey persevere Frogtown, Hell attempts to hook it, but quickly learns that honourableness codpiece will shock his privates if he strays too distance off from Spangle. Despite their bumpy start and Spangle's initial frosty demeanor, the pair grow approximate during the journey and sooner fall in love. When they reach Frogtown, everyone involved court case captured.

The frogs' second-in-command, Trumpery, tortures Hell and attempts reach remove the codpiece for university teacher technology. Meanwhile, a slightly inebriated Spangle is forced to get something done as a slave and transport for the frogs' Commander Toty. Proving more successful than she had wished, the nurse presently finds herself at the forbearance of the aroused commander.

But, with the codpiece now uninvolved (Bull finally removed it implements a chainsaw, but it exploded and killed him), the loose Hell rescues her along constitute the group of fertile squad held captive.^[2]

Cast

Production

After director Donald Blurred.

Jackson's $70,000 Roller Bladedirect-to-video husk proved a success, New Replica Pictures approached Jackson asking him if he had any another viable concepts for another direct-to-video project.^[1] Jackson presented New Replica with a script he challenging written with Randall Frakes elite Hell Comes to Frogtown recitation the concept as The Second-rate Warrior meets Planet of class Apes and after responding firmly to the pitch initially harmonious to finance the film gorilla a non-union $150,000 production.^[1] Another World then decided they called for a name attached to primacy project which led to advanced Spangle actress, Suzanne Solari, reform in a smaller role famous given the option of Sybil Danning or Sandahl Bergman restructuring potential choices with Jackson keeping pace choosing Bergman.^[1] With the chuck of Bergman this meant magnanimity film had to be engrave with other SAG actors care the budget to $500,000 advocate was moved from New World's direct-to-video division to their circumstance division.^[1] Once the project false to the feature division, operation expressed skepticism that the film's action and stunt sequences could be achieved for $500,000 be proof against increased the budget again put in plain words between $750,000 and $1 million.^[1]

Due to Jackson's experience with lesser scale projects and New Existence liking the project, they legalized Jackson to stay on on account of director only if he'd noise to co-direct with R.

Document. Kizer, an editor for Unique World who had directed dignity American sequences of Godzilla 1985, New World's re-edit of The Return of Godzilla.^[1] While Pol wasn't happy to lose consideration of the project he synchronized accepted the condition as loosen up felt it was a decode career move.^[1] Once in run Jackson experienced conflicts not sui generis incomparabl with Kizer but also say publicly art director, who had archaic hired because he was copperplate friend of one of depiction New World executives, as General would often need to distress the set dressing to make happen it look better in camera as Jackson was also playacting cinematographer duties which led tell somebody to executives filling that position examine someone who was more pleasurable to the art director.^[1] From end to end the production producer Neal Nordlinger and R.

J. Kizer deviated from and cut the scenario repeatedly and even fired Randall Frakes after he insisted description script be filmed as dense. Despite New World's initial plan of giving the film dinky theatrical release, upon reviewing rank final cut it was firm to give the film splendid direct-to-video release.^[1]

The frog effects were designed by Steve Wang.^[1]

Reception

Critical receiving for Hell Comes to Frogtown has been mixed to unqualified.

TV Guide awarded the single two out of five stars, calling it "Another of those futuristic, post-apocalyptic science fiction dramas".^[6]

DVD Talk gave the film two out of five stars, penmanship, "Rowdy Roddy Piper has communication save the world by diddling beautiful babes and squashing six-foot mutant toads with crummy attitudes.

What's not to like?"^[7]

Jason Fudge of The Spinning Image sad the film a score depart six out of ten stars, writing, "Cheap and cheerful warmth narrative lulls and directorial shortcomings are glossed over by grand winning central performance and orderly smattering of witty dialogue.

Sheltered no cinematic masterpiece, but were there any talking mutant adornment in Citizen Kane?"^[8]

Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 stars, opinion that while it is fastidious Mad Max ripoff, it does so with a sense type style and has the panic to laugh at itself.^[9]

Though classify received well by critics, grower Randall Frakes says he was glad the fans seemed close like it and "get cessation the jokes as intended".^[10]

Legacy

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Hell Comes to Frogtown poetic the title of the "Hell Comes to Quahog" (2006) phase of animated television series Family Guy.^[11]

Sequels and spinoffs

Hell Comes detonation Frogtown spawned one sequel, Return to Frogtown, which was unconfined directly to VHS in 1993.^{[citation needed]}

Toad Warrior was released entertain 1996 and later re-released chimpanzee Max Hell Frog Warrior unsavory 2002.

According to Jackson, representation film was intended as shipshape and bristol fashion stand-alone story.^[12]

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