Alligator
| release date | September 17 1980 |
| studio | Lionsgate |
| director | Lewis Teague |
| writer | John Sayles |
| starring | Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Royce D. Applegate, James Arone, Jim Boeke, Simmy Bow, Bart Braverman |
| rating | R |
| tagline | It lives 50 fifty feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds ...And it's about |
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Best crocodile/alligator movie out there at the moment. I love this movie. I saw this as a kid and loved it, check it out.
entertaining and a fun giant mutant gator movie that has keeps your interest and makes you think twice about entering a sewer system.
‘Alligator’ is way better than it should be. John Sayles’ script is fantastic, and Robert Forster is awesome as our wise-cracking, balding investigator. Sure, some of the gator effects are laughable, but not nearly as bad as you would expect. Hands down better than lesser attempts like LAKE PLACID, ROGUE and certainly PRIMEVIL. Check it out.
Probably one of my favoirte giant alligator movies.
loved it!! had good scenes, and are one of the best rampaging animal movies!!
It’s really not that bad. I liked the ending, too. It had me on the edge of my seat, no lie!
I love this movie, it was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid getting into horror films.
Nearly 30 years, & it’s still the best of the killer reptile flicks!!! The mechanical gator holds up very well. It’s more realistic than the CGI nintendo quality crap that we see nowadays. Grab your favorite beverage, an unhealthy snack, & give this one a look. It’s a hell of a lot of fun. You’ll think twice before jumping in your pool, or attending an outdoor party, I assure you.
Watched it when I was about 12 and seen it again about a year ago. It got alot more cheezy to me but still a halfway decent film
Don’t even mention Rogue!
This moivie is the Best Alligator/Croc movie ever. PERIOD
8/10
Classic! I love this movie
I saw this movie at the theater twice over a period of two days back when it was released. Loved it. Robert Forster rules. Always liked the way that writer John Sayles injected humor in this script, as well as The Howling. He knew the proper balance.
One of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
Great movie.
One of movie history’s first croc-shockers and still one of the best. Pretty tense and atmospheric but also pretty witty animal horror with a nice cast, great dialogue, decent gore, decent settings and a fabulous croc. Basically nothing special, but overall simply entertaining.
This film set the bar high for killer gator flicks.Nothing to date has even come close to being as good as this 1980 gem!Great plot,dialogue,gore,and cast!A must own to any fan of animal attack movies.
I saw this one on a school camp back in the 80′s. Loved it.
I loved this film as a kid and due to that still love it today.
In the 70s and 80s lots of horror and monster movies were made.This one stood out to be one of the best.Enjoyed by lots of monster and fans this movie is one of the best of it’s time.Because of the non very big budget of the time this movie had some average but not spectacular effects.This movie had good suspense,drama and action all the way through the movie.Even being one of the non known horror flicks,It is still one of the best.I recommend this movie for any creature feature fans,and to old cheesy horror flick fans as well.Even though It is not the bloodiest,but is one of the best creature features mad in our time today.Still many fans have not seen this movie,soon I hope they do.This a great cheesy 80s horror flick and one of the best.
Classic 80s garbage. Love it!
Alligator hasn’t held up to well to the tests of time, but it’s still a classic, and the best Jaws rip off ever made! The busting up from the sewers scene is iconic, as well as the whole scenario of a flushed baby gator growing in the sewers. Some scenes still creep me out to this day, especially when the gator is soaking in the swimming pool at the kids party…YIKES! A fun movie to check out if you’ve never seen it. How this got such a low “official score” amazes me. But then, seeing some of the trash this site pushes, maybe not…
As far as the horror genre goes, this may be the best “killer animal” film in the genre. For what this film is, a low-budget creature film, it sure does give us a lot in its most important element…the creature. In Lake Placid and Rogue we get crocodiles that did some pretty awesome things, but only because the films utilized CGI to attain them. In this film we get nothing but live-action alligator action, and it sets it far above any of its killer croc/alligator competitors. I was really surprised to see the amount of gore we get in this film, mainly because of the film’s budget. Thankfully director Lewis Teague(Cujo, Cat’s Eye) laid the gore on thick, and in proper and respectable ways. Yes, it is possible to lay on a lot of gore and make it classy and respectable as well, and he did just that. The scenes of the crocodile walking through the city were epic, and showed just how some nifty direction can solve any non-CGI dilemmas and give us live-action horror without giving anything up. As if this film could not sound any cooler, it GETS cooler. The greatest “killer animal” scene of all time occurs towards the end of this film, when Ramon decides to crash a ritzy wedding reception, and leaves the suits and dresses full of holes and blood. Simply put, the scene is epic.
Story-wise is where I decided to overgo my initial rating of a 7, and give this an 8-rating. Why? Well, because this flick comes with more than what we see on screen. I loved the biological and ethical elements thrown in the film, and it turns out to be the sole driving force behind the carnage that ensues at the hands, or teeth, of Ramon. There is a strong sub-plot involving a research company that is manipulating hormones in animals so that they can market a new drug, and it is because of that research company illegally disposing of their used specimens that Ramon was able to become so gigantic and subsequently destructive. When his home is invaded by the Chicago police force, he does the only thing that he can do when an animal’s environment is invaded…it migrates to the city. I did enjoy that this element was a bit hidden in its potential conservation propaganda, because had this been a devout propaganda film it would lose any and all respect from me and from those who look to see the most important element, the horror itself, then any and other subsequent elements thrown in.
Overall, this is an awesome “killer animal” film that brings the goods and delivers an awesome live-action creature. We get some great gore, good direction, and a nice storyline that delivers more than meets the eye. If you enjoy these types of films then this is a guaranteed must-watch.
This was fun movie