Alligator

Name: Alligator
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: November 14, 1980
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Bart Braverman, Dean Jagger, Henry Silva, Jack Carter, John Lisbon Wood

1980

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Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd. | Release Date: November 14, 1980 | R

Starring: Bart Braverman, Dean Jagger, Henry Silva, Jack Carter, John Lisbon Wood, Michael V. Gazzo, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Sydney Lassick

Summary: A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.

Director: Lewis Teague

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Chris Nashawaty

Clever, funny, and wonderfully bloody. Read full review

Jay Scott

It is, to be sure, a Jaws ripoff, but it has enough sidelong wit and head-on scares to guarantee its revival as a classic cult item long after more expensive, ambitious efforts like Altered States have been forgotten. [13 Apr 1981]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

All in all, a fine example of what a sense of humor can do with a low budget and an old idea. Read full review

Gary Arnold

Alligator, the most amusing variation yet on the Jaws formula, finds plenty of room for incidental humor and romantic byplay while sustaining a breezy suspense plot. [20 May 1981, p.B1]

Staff (Not Credited)

Alligator is bloody and boisterous, featuring the only man-eating monster in memory named Ramone. Read full review

Charles Michener

What really puts Alligator above all the other Jaws"ripoffs is its snappy sense of humor. [20 Apr 1981, p.93]

Roger Ebert

I suggest a plan: Why not try flushing this movie down the toilet to see if it also grows into something big and fearsome? Read full review

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JeBjBo

Jan 14, 2023

I expected some trash but what I got was actually a very good creature feature with great effects and good characters.

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HellHoleHorror

Feb 15, 2022

This is actually a serious monster horror with quite a good story behind it. It is not at all original but the acting, the direction and the whole film really comes off well as a good monster horror. It will hold your attention and keep you entertained but you may find it a bit silly and notThis is actually a serious monster horror with quite a good story behind it. It is not at all original but the acting, the direction and the whole film really comes off well as a good monster horror. It will hold your attention and keep you entertained but you may find it a bit silly and not scary enough. There is some good tension near the beginning but by the end this is all gone. Worth a watch and entertaining. Average monster movie affair that passes the time without much effort.… Expand

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