Hell Comes to Frogtown

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Hell Comes to Frogtown

Directed by	Donald G. Jackson R.J. Kizer
Produced by	Donald G. Jackson Randall Frakes
Written by	Donald G. Jackson and Randall Frakes (story & screenplay)
Starring	Roddy Piper Sandahl Bergman Cec Verrell William Smith Rory Calhoun
Music by	David Shapiro
Cinematography	Donald G. Jackson Enrico Picard
Editing by	R.J. Kizer James Matheny
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date(s)	January 29, 1988 (USA)
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	Unknown
Followed by	Return to Frogtown
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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.

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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 scene in the movie is the notorious "Dance of the Three Snakes" sequence by Sandahl Bergman.

Hell has its own "induction" (featured listing) at the website WrestleCrap.com.

Despite its critically poor reception, Hell Comes To Frogtown was followed by three sequels: Return to Frogtown (1993), Toad Warrior (1996), and Max Hell Frog Warrior (2002).^[1]