Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell

Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (also known as Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake) is a 1981 sci-fi-horror film 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.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• Home Media
• References

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 best 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 is out to get it, even when he discovers that the loot is 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 VHS in 1991 by Burbank with a 93 min. runtime then on DVD by BCI, in a 3-disk multi feature set on Aug 24, 2004. The DVD had a 89 min. runtime. BCI re-released the film in a 10-disk multi feature collection.