Alligator
“It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 63, rated by 1 admin.
Higher CrapScores mean more entertainingly bad. How we score movies.
A flushed pet grows into a sewer-dwelling disaster with an appetite for the city above. Robert Forster's weary detective gives the absurd investigation exactly enough seriousness. The effects are modest, the attacks exuberant, and the public has yet another reason to distrust municipal infrastructure.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 8.5/10
“The plumbing problem now has a body count.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 63
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1980
- Directed by
- Lewis Teague
- Running time
- 91 min
Starring
- Robert Forster as David
- Robin Riker as Marisa
- Michael V. Gazzo as Chief Clark
- Dean Jagger as Slade
- Sydney Lassick as Gutchel
- Jack Carter as Mayor
- Perry Lang as Kelly
- Henry Silva as Brock
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Alligator (1980), directed by Lewis Teague. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · variety.com
Variety describes a bloody, lively monster film with amiable leads who do not take the material too seriously and inexpensive but effective technical work. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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