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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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Decent flick has its fair share of humourous and cool moments making it an entertaining and fun time.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
This 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)
Though it sounds like the same shtick as other killer animal movies, this one is probably one of the better ones out there.  -- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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| Written by |
| John Sayles
The Howling, Piranha, The Clan of the Cave Bear | |
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 | Sue Lyon
Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, The Flim-Flam Man |
 | Robin Riker
Brink!, Christmas Every Day, A Reason to Believe | | Dean Jagger
White Christmas, Bad Day at Black Rock, Twelve O'Clock High | | |
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