a genuine rarity and this one represent a truly good and funny and even smart and respectful send up of low rent tackyn noterrible cheesy backwoods set teen in peril fright film that effectively poke fun at assort clichédncontrived horror movie convention without ever become the least bit cutesy or condescending towards it grade b schlock picture subject matter . writer or director rolfe kanefsky droll and low key and properly straight face and restrain style never devolve into the overly broad or excessive and instead nicely maintain a dryly deadpan and ingratiatingly affectionate tone throughout . the slyly generic plot concern three libidinous college student couple and token fear flick fanatic mike ( winningly play by craig peck and who really goofy and but thankfully none too annoy ) vacation in a remote wilderness area . say secluded forest prove to be the stalking ground for a slimy and toothy and grody little lethal alien frog monster that see the guy a yummy meal and the gal a ideal mate to reproduce it specie with . mike comprehensive knowledge on and keen understanding of bromidic horror film banality and which be initially a source of irritation to the other disbelieve chowder head collegian and wind up save the day and much to geeky mike own surprise and the viewer slack jaw astonishment . a very amusing and enjoyable and mercifully uninsulting spoof ( unlike the atrocious scream stinker and this film never seem either archly ironic or smugly patronize in it pointed satiric potshot at corny stock character and triedn notrue standard situation ) and bless with witty dialog ( mike have the feature single most sidesplitting line and tersely comment after see one victim face melt represent now and that disgust ) and personable act from a cast of deliberately overage thesps who try unsuccessfully to palm themselves off a twentysomethish young adult ( one dude even have thin hair . ) and nifty on target parody of such groan inducingly familiar trash horror film ingredient a gratuitous nudity ( it skinny dip time . ) and the ever absurd false cat scare and an especially uproarious swipe at the make hot and passionate love in front of a roaring fire sequence ( the guy zipper get stick . ) and glare blatant continuity error and and a hilarious technical gaffe involve a conspicuously visible boom microphone dip into the frame and crisp and sprightly cinematography by ed hershberger and an endearingly cruddy extraterrestrial beast and a rollicking bang up score by christopher thomas and and some gut bust joke ridden end credit and there nothing out there overall size up a a brisk and frequently riotous and and highly please low budget ( it only cost $ 350 and 000 in total ) tongue in cheek horror film genre lampoon . the first rate deluxe special edition dvd by image entertainment offer a fairly grainy and but generally solid and up to par widescreen presentation load with a wonderful wealth of awesomely abundant extra which include the theatrical trailer and a still and poster gallery and funky animate menu complete with song and music from the picture and screen test and blooper and rehearsal ( the blooper in particular be an absolute hoot ) and pre production footage and storyboards and animation test footage and work print outtake and and and most savory of all and a very funny and entertaining and informative commentary provide by kanefsky along with various cast and crew member .