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This is one of the better classic Edgar Wallace movies from the German series - it features all basics for a highly enjoyable Wallace crime flic movie way back from the 60ies: Although his majesty, Mr. Kinski, is missing you still have young Joachim 'Blacky' Fuchsberger, starring once again as the typical clever American 'womanizer', you have young Eddi Arendt in his best (and just as well typical) role ever - the cool, sophisticated British butler - and you have (not so young anymore) Lowitz as the melancholic yet very 'dry' ironic (and thus: highly entertaining) police investigator. Furthermore you'll get offered a freakish and very campy 'evil guy' behind a frog mask (hence the movie's title!), you'll get a crazed-out swinging soundtrack, classic b-movie action scenes, partly filmed out off the wildest perspectives (please remind the time of its origin!), yelling scream queens, and on and on... All those ingredients get shaken well up in a sweet tastin' cocktail of pure German Edgar Wallace campyness - highly recommended!!

This little, well, "gem" of horror flics absolutely deserves its bottom place here in imdb.com! There is nothing really cool about it: the actors are bad, not in a "trashy" way, but simply bad to the bone. The plot is absolutely boring, there is by no means anything like atmosphere or thrills! It's just plain boring, most parts are only ridicolous, especially the goblins! And be warned: I can get MUCH entertainment out of crappy shit like BLOOD FEAST or LA NOCHE DEL TERROR CIEGO ... but I still dislike this muddy piece of celluloid!!!

Well, somehow I don't feel that comfortable about writing this comment, especially since the Coen brothers are - in my humble opinion - some of the biggest stars in my personal movie sky, but somehow this movie isn't as cool and great and simply astounding as their other classics like Barton Fink, Blood Simple, Fargo or Lebowski (being all all-time faves of mine). Don't get me wrong - it's not bad, it's definitely. fun to watch and for sure - since the Coens plain and simple ARE some of the best filmmakers up to date - better as your normal average mainstream movie BUT this movie surely isn't the best try to show someone who NEVER saw a Coen film before since he (or she) won't fall in love with the Coen brothers (or at least with their pearls on celluloid). It's more of an average (although intelligent, of course) comedy movie than the typical Coen genre mix and the little typical Coen gimmicks that make their movies non-mainstream (although covered mostly in the mainstream press/cinemas...that's what I call subversive!) can't be found that much in this movie as in others... good movie, for sure, but not excellent!