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one of the greats!


Dont let the wowsers deter you! This is the greatest example of low budget exploitation toilet humour in the early 80s! way more over the top than ANIMAL HOUSE (obviously the film that it shamelessly rips off) this is as disgusting as it gets! No plot just one unbelievably funny gross scene after another. You'll practice your belching and hold farting competitions between your buddies for years after! The ultimate frat party film! A very fun film which is sadly lacking in spirit nowadays! Disanti is great!

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The reason it's better than Animal House is because it doesn't try so hard to be funny. I had not seen either til last year and with AH i just thought it tried to damn hard. It's not as funny as it wants to be or thinks it is plus its so darn long. I know Landis has a lot of fans but i think hes a total hack who knows very little about film making. King Frat on the other hand had a certain charm to it. It sounds wierd for a film that's so OTT and indeed Grossout, but the characters were great. It was great fun to watch and it was far more engaging for that type of movie of it is. I could sit through King Frat again but Animal House, i wouldn't care if i never saw it again.

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First off, I love King Frat. But for John Landis- well for a hack he made some of the greatest and memorable(to me at least)comedies of the 70's and 80's- Schlock, Kentucky Fried Movie, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Amazon Women on the Moon(various segments), Spies Like Us, Into the Night, Three Amigos, and Coming to America. Not to mention his classic horror-comedy An American Werewolf In London. Granted he hasn't done anything worth mentioning after Coming To America, but if the films I mentioned are the signs of a hack, then I wish there were more hacks like him.

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amen brother, this movie rules!!!

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What I remember best is the woman *beep* the monkey guy in the ambulance...... funny movie, but that scene have it +1 star all by itself. Who is that babe? (Or WAS, she's old and saggy now.)

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