Frogman Review

Review of Frogman (2023) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

57/100

a living found footage horror (comedy) film that shows you dont need to be insufferable about your influences or pretentious with the themes you want to communicate with the effects you want your audience to see. i legitimately thought that this was a relatively unknown/lost movie from the 90s until i actually looked this up. thats on me but enough for the discussions surrounding this on the periphery to set up the movie for first-timers seeing the opening footage, set in 1999 on a family trip. i love the frogman look so much in this.

im less in love with how the plot beats go through the usual motions (especially with regards to found footage "problems" that need to be addressed from project to project) but the end result brings us something original and earnest even though this is as much a comedy as it is horror. that shot of frogman with the wand is everything.