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Alligator (1980)

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51%
(11 votes)
Critic Rating
71%
(2 reviews)
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Budget USD 1,000,000

Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes

Country USA

Studio Group 1

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Other Titles
• Alligator
• Der Horror-Alligator (1981)



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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Animals, Spoof, Serial Killer, Cult Classic, Police, Monsters, Revenge, Mutants

Tagline: It lives 50 fifty feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds ...And it's about to break out!

Plot: A vicious alligator named Ramon, who was flushed into the city sewer as a baby, survives to become a 32-foot-long menace who devours animals and people alike. Ramon's so huge because of the steady diet of dead pets - treated with growth hormones - that he's fed on for 12 years. Now the tremendous brute is angry and looking for revenge. Only detective David Madison knows of Ramon's existence, and it is his task to prove to the rest of the city that a tropical beast lives in their midst. Veteran screenwriter Sayles' script finds the perfect blend of comedy and horror, making this an entertaining romp through the sewers of

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 External Reviews
external linkDecent flick has its fair share of humourous and cool moments making it an entertaining and fun time. 2.5/4


external linkThis flick was popular in its time, but it's now out of print, and all signs are it's going to stay that way.
-- (eSplatter.com)

external linkThough it sounds like the same shtick as other killer animal movies, this one is probably one of the better ones out there. 4/5
-- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)


 Directed by
Lewis Teague
The Jewel of the Nile, Cujo, Navy SEALS
 Written by
Frank Ray Perilli
Laserblast, Dracula's Dog, Mansion of the Doomed
John Sayles
The Howling, Piranha, The Clan of the Cave Bear
 Cast
Robert Forster
Mulholland Dr., Jackie Brown, Me, Myself & Irene
Jack Carter
Play It to the Bone, Viva Las Vegas, Arena
Sue Lyon
Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, The Flim-Flam Man
Robin Riker
Brink!, Christmas Every Day, A Reason to Believe
Michael V. Gazzo
The Godfather: Part II, Cannonball Run II, Black Sunday
Dean Jagger
White Christmas, Bad Day at Black Rock, Twelve O'Clock High
Sydney Lassick
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Carrie, Freeway
[more]
 Music By
Craig Hundley
Roadie, Boogeyman II, Programmed to Kill



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Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

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