Bart Braverman, Dean Jagger, Henry Silva

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Lewis Teague

Release Date: January 1, 1980

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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2007

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  • September 7, 2009
    A delightfully cheesey 'monster' flick of sorts with a mixture of typical crappy effects and actually some nice well worked effects with real alligators and models. Its hard not to compare this to 'Jaws' of course, some of the attack sequences and even some musical moments are si...( read more)milar hehe. But its a fun horror with nice limb ripping, creepy dark sewers and over the top moments of sillyness like the alligator bursting up through the pavement lol and the whole ending 'rampage' sequence is really dumb haha
    meh...its old, Forster was young so what do you expect?

    I was waiting for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to arrive :)
  • September 7, 2008
    I loved how seeing the man being ripped apart by the alligator didnt stop the girl from wanting one as a pet; I think it made her want one more. Walk the plank scene was great. Alligator's Kool-Aid man entrance was cool. The 80's were cool. Those hip waders were cool. And the rep...( read more)orter was swarthy
  • August 22, 2008
    Forget Rogue this is the Jaws of the Croc/Alligotor genre.
    Much funny and bloodier and it's just a great thill ride even after 28 years it still holds up.Only other movie to come close is Lake Placid, check em both out and you decide you want by sorry !
  • May 27, 2008
    Obviously dated in the style of effects and of course not scary in this day and age as it seemed to back when I was a kid, but I enjoyed Robert Forster's performance and it was at least watchable.
  • February 17, 2008
    Holy shit, i remember this one. Fuzzy memories that is, but i recall enjoying it. I can already see a remake coming out any day. Also, Robert Foster should be in more movies.
  • September 28, 2009
    hot off the heels of Jaws is Alligator
    any movie with a huge alligator , eating people and causing pandemonium .. plus robert forrester and henry silva are in it :)
  • September 21, 2009
    I don't know what created the urban legend of the Alligator that got flushed down the toilet that grew to monstrous size but it was something that I had heard of as a kid so I don't know if it was based on this movie or this movie is based on that urban legend. Robert Forster is ...( read more)a cop w/ some mild male pattern baldness who is investigating some limbs & extra large dogs found in the sewers. He soon discovers that it's a giant fucking alligator that's been snacking on things below. A good cast (Forster should have gotten more work) that adds Henry Silva to the alligator hunting fun.
  • May 15, 2009
    it's the ORIGINAL giant alligator.
  • April 18, 2009
    Now, this is definitely a movie I remember from way back and one that I was always intrigued by. Kinda cool!
  • November 4, 2008
    this is an old favorite of mine back when Channel 56 out of boston used to have Creature Double feature on saturday afternoon after cartoon's.

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  • kris278
    November 16, 2008
    how do i watch these bloody movies???????????????? plz help me sum1

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