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Alligator

6.1/ 10

TMDB Rating

375

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1980

Release Year

91 min

Runtime

Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller

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.

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Keywords

hunter
mutation
underwear
alligator
toxic
creature
briefs
scientist
sewer
child eaten
timebomb
reptile
psychotronic
pets
animal horror

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Reviews(5)

5.8avg rating
Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

February 14, 2018

7
7/10

Genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. The best giant croc (Well I mean, it's an alligator, but in terms of what you can do with them in a horror movie, they're really the same thing) creature feature I've seen since _Rogue_. I wish someone was still making movies like this. _Final r

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Wuchak

Wuchak

July 9, 2018

6
6/10

**_An oversized alligator from the sewers of Chicago breaks loose_** A baby alligator is flushed down the toilet in Chicago and mutates to great size from eating chemically contaminated dog carcasses in the sewers. A policeman (Robert Forster) and a beautiful reptile expert (Robin Riker) team-up

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John Chard

John Chard

April 13, 2020

6
6/10

It's snappy. After an irate father flushes down the toilet his daughter's baby alligator, the creature feeds on dumped animals that have been tested with a growth hormone. Thus the gator grows into a 36 foot long monster that promptly terrorises Chicago. With a rather witty John Sayles script,

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JPV852

JPV852

March 2, 2022

6
6/10

Not great but semi-entertaining monster-horror film has its moments and like seeing Robert Forster in the lead. Some of the effects were on the goofy side when it came to the alligator but still for its time I thought it was alright. **3.0/5**

The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

November 27, 2022

4
4/10

**Alligator didn't win any awards, and it shouldn't have. It's so bad, but it might just win your heart if you give it a shot.** Another creature feature with no money, horrible acting, and terrible dialogue that is a lot of fun if you treat it differently than an Oscar contender. Sure, it's a pi

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