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Alligator (1980)

Directed by Lewis Teague

Horror | Thriller | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sensoria, AllAboutSteve, philipjablon

Overview

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

Rated R | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Robert Forster | Robin Riker | Michael V. Gazzo | Dean Jagger | Sydney Lassick | Jack Carter | Perry Lang | Henry Silva | Bart Braverman | John Lisbon Wood | James Ingersoll | Robert Doyle | Patti Jerome | Angel Tompkins | Sue Lyon | Leslie Brown | Buckley Norris | Royce D. Applegate | Tom Kindle | Jim Brockett | Simmy Bow | Jim Boeke | Stan Haze | James Arone | Peter Miller | Pat Petersen | Micole Mercurio | Frederick Long | Ed Brodow | Larry Margo | Philip Luther | John F. Goff | Elizabeth Halsey | Barry Chase | Richard Partlow | Jerado Decordovier | Vincent De Stefano | JoJo D'Amore | Bella Bruck | Kendall Carly Browne | Danny Baseda | Tink Williams | Corkey Ford | Charles R. Penland | Anita Keith | Mike Mazurki | Margaret Muse | Michael Misita | Harold Greene | Jim Alquist | Margie Platt | Nike Zachmanoglou | Gloria Morrison | Robert Hammond | Kane Hodder | Dana MacDuff | Amy Panter

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

Pink print but still cool to see big with a good crowd. Forster is really great in the lead. The running joke about his hairline is hilarious. I think this is supposed to be set in Chicago yet the movie does nothing to try to disguise that it was shot entirely in Los Angeles. And the license plates look like they say Missouri?

Overall not a great JAWS take but becomes very good bc of Forster and some fun creature scares and a decent monster alligator. Plus the kid in the pool is pretty vicious.

Kinda wild to have an unintended dog theme thru most of the films at Box of Horrors this year. Seems like every film had a dog that played a part in the story!

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