Shirleon & Kathryn join Melvin to summarize Frogman, a surprise found-footage horror feature from 2023 about the Loveland Frogman! The three discuss their familiarity with Frogman, the inherent qualities of Found-Footage narratives, and whether they’re frog people or rat people!
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 33-minutes describing three cryptids, exploring their history, and deciding, “Do we believe?”. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Asking the important questions: what’s Frogman, and is he a swamp-mermaid?
- Each scene cleverly employs a new framing device, helping the film keep a healthy forward momentum.
- So… what does the gang think about the film’s characters?
- The interview section of the film is when Melvin thought to himself, “Oh, like, this is a competent, real found-footage film, not just some Tubi-esque feature. Nice.”
- Frogman is a real cryptid, but some of the environmental stuff in Frogman isn’t. Kathryn shares why that may be.
- Does the Found-Footage genre typically result in a main character’s self-destruction?
Recommendations:
- Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie (2023) (Book)
- Old Gods of Appalachia (2019 – X) (Podcast)
- Hokum (2026) (Movie)
Frogman is Rated TV-MA. It features Nathan Tymoshuk, Chelsey Grant, and Benny Barrett. Directed by Anthony Cousins. Frogman is available here.
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Melvin Benson is the Founder, Editor-In-Chief, and Lead Host of Cinematic Doctrine. Whether it’s a movie, show, game, comic, or novel, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s rich, he’s ready and willing to give it a try! His hope is to see King Jesus glorified as far as the east is from the west!
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