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Writers:
Randall Frakes (screenplay)
Randall Frakes (story)
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Release Date:
January 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A new breed of enemy has taken over the world... Sam Hell has come to take it back.
Plot:
'Hell' is the name of the hero of the story. He's a prisoner of the women who now run the USA after a nuclear/biological war... more | full synopsis
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Forgotten Films: A Boy and His Dog
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User Comments:
"Goofy" would be one word to describe this, all right. more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Julius LeFlore ... Squidlips
RCB ... The Poor Dufus

Roddy Piper ... Sam Hell

William Smith ... Captain Devlin / Count Sodom
Sandahl Bergman ... Spangle
Eyde Byrde ... Patton

Lee Garlington ... Briefing Officer
Cec Verrell ... Centinella
Suzanne Solari ... Runaway Girl
Kristi Somers ... Arabella

Rory Calhoun ... Looney Tunes

Cliff Bemis ... Leroy
Nicholas Worth ... Bull
Brian Frank ... Commander Toty
Danelle Hand ... Crosse
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Indian Dunes, California, USA more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: At the finale of the movie where Roddy Piper is fighting the villain, the climax of the fight he grabs a sword and cuts off his hand. As he falls from the cliff you see that he still has both hands. more
Quotes:
Sam Hell: Hey, you try making love to a complete stranger in a hostile, mutant environment, see how you like it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Family Guy: Hell Comes to Quahog (#5.3)" (2006) more

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"Goofy" would be one word to describe this, all right., 1 July 2008
6/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

This incredibly silly post-apocalypse tale features wrestling star "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in his first top-billed film role as Sam Hell, seemingly the only fertile man left on Earth. A company named MedTech declares his sperm government property and gives him the mission to impregnate all the fertile females that are left. In particular, a group of fertile "passives" that have been captured by humanoid frog beings. With the help of butt-kicking babe Spangle (Sandahl Bergman) and her colleague Centinella (Cec Verrell), he assumes the role of unlikely hero.

If it weren't for an R rating (which is hard to understand - there's no overt sexuality (the women are kept clothed, for Gods' sake), profanity, or violence), I'd say this was much more for (older) kids. It's just monumentally silly from beginning to end. I do admit, it is good for some laughs, and "Rowdy" Roddy is engaging and well cast (his interplay with Bergman is a highlight).

The supporting cast is quite interesting: with both Bergman and the almighty B movie tough guy William Smith on hand, it's got two cast members from "Conan the Barbarian" right there. Veteran good ol' boy actor Rory Calhoun plays a grizzled friend of Pipers' named - get this - Looney Tunes - and character great Nicholas Worth is one of those hidden underneath one of the several frog masks.

The frog masks are actually pretty good, considering the low, low budget that this must have had. Good production design / art direction result in some decent sets.

If anyone watching wants to see the amiable, flamboyant star in a superior, more mature genre effort, John Carpenters' "They Live" is the film to see. However, "Hell Comes to Frogtown" (which, incredibly enough, begat some sequels) isn't without its cheesy charms. You'll just have to check your brain at the door before giving it a go.

6/10

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