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24th Mar2026

‘God of Frogs’ VOD Review

by Joel Harley

Stars: Ali Chappell, Izzy Shiffman, Corteon Moore, Kate Vernon, Erika Prevost, Sean Sullivan, Lynne Griffin, Christian Lloyd, Fanar Zak | Written by Adrian Bobb, Matthew Campagna, Ali Chappell, Max Francis, Foad H.P., Ilana Haley | Directed by Ali Chappell, Adrian Bobb, Richard Lee, Natalie Metcalf

Florida. 1969. In a Manson-esque hippy commune, a woman is impregnated by the eponymous God of Frogs (exactly what it sounds like), which has taken human form to do its foul business. From here, this four-part folk horror film spans several generations, each tale relating back to its inciting act of amphibian-on-woman babymaking. And how do you top an opening sequence which kicks off with a woman rutting with a frogman and giving birth to its child, anyway?

Starring Canadian filmmaker Ali Chappell (who directs this first segment with great verve), it’s an eye-opening introduction to an offbeat take on the portmanteau horror film. Subsequent time periods revisit the Frog God and its spawn in the 1990s, early 2000s and near-ish future, each offering a distinct flavour of Weird.

Directors Adrian Bobb, Richard Lee and Natalie Metcalfe pick up the baton from Chappell, beginning with a Blair Witch-type tale of student filmmakers lost in the woods. It’s perhaps the most conventional of all the narratives, and the strongest of all four in that it plays to the strength of the low budget. Next, a section set in 2019 explores a sinister conspiracy which aims to brainwash the masses using a form of frog venom. Finally, in 2044 (although you’d be hard-pressed to know it from the visuals), the last section of the film turns sci-fi, introducing a Cronenbergian/Avatar-esque device which allows users to physically plug their bodies into technology using a USB interface.

What all stories have in common is the Frog deity and its offspring, Eve (Izzy Shiffman), who serve as the connective tissue between each story, no matter the tonal or visual dissonance. As with most low-budget anthology films, it’s a mixed bag, packed full of squiffy visuals (its more psychedelic beats aside) and uneven performances.

For every idea which works, there are several more that feel underbaked or clumsily done, and there’s a definite sense that the film loses its way the longer it goes on. At least it’s not shy about showing off its Frog creature though – a genuinely impressive work of creature design with a tangible physicality to it. And who can blame the filmmakers for wanting to show it off? After all, it’s probably where the bulk of the film’s budget went.

Blending folk horror with a surprisingly horny core, God of Frogs is an amphibious, ambitious, if somewhat flawed, version of the anthology horror film. It’ll make you green around the gills, in the very best way. To labour the metaphors, it’s mad as a box of… well, you know.