Episode 77 - April 19, 2023

Hell Comes to Frogtown

Episode 77: Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Theme: Wrestlers in Movies
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis march into Wrestlers in Movies Month with a movie marriage so deranged it might actually be illegal in several states: Mad Max: Fury Road meets Piper’s Pit, crossed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, sprinkled with Children of Men, and finished with just a dash of Balls of Fury. The result? Hell Comes to Frogtown — the only movie brave enough to cast Roddy Piper as a post-apocalyptic sex mule and mean it completely seriously.

Join your two favorite members of the Let’s Talk About Flix-verse as they unpack:

  • How Sam Hell’s superhuman fertility is treated like the Avengers’ Infinity Stones, only sweatier.

  • Why Spangle’s seduction techniques feel like someone watched Basic Instinct once… on fast-forward… with their glasses off.

  • How Frogtown’s mutant frog makeup somehow looks both expensive and $3.99 Spirit Halloween clearance.

  • Why the “Dance of the Three Snakes” is the greatest scene ever filmed involving an amphibian erection.

  • How Roddy Piper sells groin electrocution with enough physical comedy to earn a doctorate in Looney Tunes studies.

From exploding codpieces to frog strip clubs, from uranium barters to shotgun-wielding fertility diplomacy, Oz and Curtis dig through a film that boldly asks: “What if the future was horny, dusty, and shaped like a giant frog head?”

Final Verdict

Oz — 6 Saddles of Frog Legs
Curtis — 55 Frogs Wearing Bags Over Their Heads
Both — Still wondering how many codpieces were harmed during production.

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