Decent enough if slightly flawed
Returning to her hometown, a young woman intending to go to a party with friends comes into contact with a deadly escaped amphibious creature and finds herself set up on the same path by turning into a ravenous beast and forcing those around her to stop the creatures' rampage.This one was quite a decent if disappointing overall effort. When this one works, it has a lot to like about it through the old-school style of filmmaking present throughout here. The overall concept of the creature coming to life in a botched military experiment that soon turns her into one of the creatures just like the one that attacked her has such a firm of these past genre efforts that it really becomes all the more fun for how it grows from that simple setup. The addition of the scientist looking for the cure for it all and the ability to live out in the wilderness undetected before being brought back to society with her condition completely unaware of by everyone else gives this some old familiar grounds to play with when it turns to the creature-on-the-loose scenes. The opening attack at the central gas-station serves as a fine lead-in to the rest of the scenes with the flaring neon lights and the fog-enshrouded grounds which makes for an intriguing look to the grisly action that occurs here, from the transformation at the house which leads into the family slaughter to the standout brawls in the laboratory setup which is exceptionally fun and graphic with all the different back-and-forth setups featured throughout here. Due to the constant misunderstandings of the agent and trouble that causes, the finale here has a fun old-school cheesy charm that offers plenty of goopy effects with a nice flair and a rather impressive showing of practical effects with the creature suit and some nice gore scenes. These here manage to hold this one up over it's few minor flaws. The main issue to be had with this one is the obvious low-budget running throughout the film. The cramped in feeling and generally localized setting all give this the kind of obvious appeal that doesn't really strike as being all that high-brow which might be somewhat off-putting in terms of seeing some of the special effects thrown around here. As well, none of the science in this makes any sense at all as to how the frogs are producing a chemical toxin that can allow a person to mutate into a murderous amphibian creature which is quite silly and cheesy here because none of it really comes together. The short running time is somewhat of an issue, but otherwise, this one doesn't have much else really wrong with it.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
score 6/10
kannibalcorpsegrinder 16 December 2017
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4003423/35918
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