Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell
DVD cover for 'Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell'
Directed by	Bill Rebane
Produced by	Jerry Gregoris Bill Rebane
Written by	Lyoma Denetz Jerry Gregoris Mike Landers
Starring	Karen McDiarmid Alan Ross Brad Ellingson Jerry Gregoris Glenn Scherer
Music by	Bruce Malm
Cinematography	Bela St. Jon
Edited by	Bill Rebane
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release dates	1982
Running time	89 minutes
Language	English

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (also known as Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake) is a 1982 horror film directed by Bill Rebane.^[1] The plot of Croaked involves a group of campers terrorized by a vicious half-man/half-frog creature. The film was distributed by Troma Entertainment.

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).

Plot

When a fortune is discovered at the bottom of a lake, a diver's out to get it, even when he discovers that the loot's being guarded by an awful underwater beast.

Cast

• Paul Callaway and Richard Lange as Rana
• Glenn Scherer as Kelly Sr.
• Brad Ellingson as Kelly Jr.
• Karen McDiarmid as Elli
• Alan Ross as John
• Julie Wheaton as Susan
• Jerry Gregoris as Charlie
• Jim Iaquinta as Burley
• Bruno Alexander as Cal
• Michael Skewes as Mike
• Doreen Moze as Chris

Home Media

The film was released on DVD by BCI, in a 3-disk multi feature set on Aug 24, 2004. BCI re-released the film in a 10-disk multi feature collection.^[2]

References

External links

• Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake at the Internet Movie Database
• Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell at Rotten Tomatoes
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