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Alligator|Robert Forster

Alligator

Robert Forster and Robin Riker
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Overview

A vicious alligator named Ramon, who was flushed into the city sewer as a baby, survives to become a 32-foot-long menace who devours animals and people alike. Ramon's so huge because of the steady diet of dead pets - treated with growth hormones - that he's fed on for 12 years. Now the tremendous brute is angry and looking for revenge. Only detective David Madison knows of Ramon's existence, and it is his task to prove to the rest of the city that a tropical beast lives in their midst. Veteran screenwriter Sayles' script finds the perfect blend of comedy and horror, making this an entertaining romp through the sewers of Chicago.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Lewis Teague - Director
Robert Forster
Robin Riker
Michael V. Gazzo
Dean Jagger
Sydney Lassick
Jack Carter
Perry Lang
Henry Silva
Bart Braverman
John Lisbon Wood

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc FormatBlu-Ray 4K Disc Format
  • Format: 4K Blu-ray (Collector's Edition, 3 Pack)
  • Run Time: 91
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 826663219272
  • Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: February 2022

Movie Reviews

Notes:
Produced by Alligator Associates. Distributed in the U.S. by BLC. Color by DeLuxe.

Reviews:
"...Very funny....[Teague and Sayles] know exactly what they're doing..." - 06/05/1981 New York Times, p.C12


"...John Sayles rustles up a script that favours laughs over scares....Worth snapping up..." - 12/01/2003 Total Film, p.133


"[A] cult gem written by a young John Sayles. Clever, funny, and wonderfully bloody..." - 09/28/2007 Entertainment Weekly, p.91

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