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Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (1982)

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell poster
Original title
Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake
Directed by
Bill Rebane
Genre
horror film, monster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
3.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Loggers in a remote area are attacked by a creature that is half man and half frog. The film follows their attempts to survive the monster.

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What happens

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (also known as Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake) is a 1980 American monster movie directed by Bill Rebane. The plot of Croaked involves a group of loggers terrorized by a vicious half-man/half-frog creature. The film was distributed by Troma Entertainment and aired first on television before going to video. In his book All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from The Toxic Avenger, Troma president Lloyd Kaufman lists this film as one of the five worst Troma films ever made (along with The Capture of Bigfoot, also directed by Bill Rebane). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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