This is a very good film that is pretty underrated. This was a common practice at the time for a theatrical film to have extra scenes for television airings to make up for bits and pieces excised for questionable content. A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals, injected with growth hormones. The watcher in the woods is a 1980 american supernatural horror film directed by john hough and vincent mceveety and starring bette davis, carroll baker, lynnholly johnson, kyle richards, and david mccallum. Alligator 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. That is most definitely true when it comes to the 1980 horror classic, alligator. In addition to feasting on the occasional stray human, ramon devours the animal remains of a chemical plants experiment involving growth hormones and eventually begins to swell at an enormous rate. Alligator is fun monster horror flick about a killer alligator that terrorizes a town. Forster gives a classic performance in this 80s scifi horror romp alligator dvd. When it did play on television, alligator 1980 featured at least one sequence that wasnt in the theatrical versions. The film is notable for being among the first of the slew. Alligator is a 1980 american horror film, directed by lewis teague with a screenplay by john sayles. It also includes an appearance by actress sue lyon in her last screen role set in chicago, the film follows a police officer and a reptile expert to track a giant murderous sewer alligator, flushed down the toilet years earlier, that.
The alligator feeds on the bodies and grows to 40 feet. This is one those movies that came out in the late 70s or early 80s to outdo jaws which was way better then this, but the movie does entertain if you like this sort of thing but succeds. The film opens in 1968 in a large, unnamed midwestern city where, as per tradition, a. Alligator monster gun bullets dump death chewy 1980. It stars robert forster, robin riker, and michael v. The monster happens to make it through by eating dumped laboratory rats treated with growth hormones. Alligator is inspired by one of the most persistent fantasies of recent years. The list contains the best, new and most relevant alligator movies ordered by relevance. Alligator 1980 a herpetologist robin riker helps a detective robert forster track her flushedaway pet, now a kingsize mutant called ramone. Lewis teague directed this sly horrorcomedy from a script by john sayles, which plays off the old urban legend about the dangers. Complete list of 1980 horror movies best horror movies. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage. Until policeman robert forster steps to stop the nasty critter from breaking out and eating the locals.
The movie is about a newborn alligator that is flushed down a toilet in chicago. Although a true horror cult classic, alligator s plot offers something for everyone. Alligator 1980 blu ray b robert forster robin riker for. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a biggame hunter. Alligator is a 1981 horrorcomedy film, directed by lewis teague and starring robert forster, robin riker, and henry silva, with a screenplay by john sayles, in which chicago policeman david madison has to stop ramon, the eponymous beast, who is running amok in the city sewer system after feeding on covertly discarded growth hormone.
A complete guide to all the new original series and films the most important booktotv adaptations coming in 2020 the witcher books vs. And its about to break out a baby alligator is flushed down a chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The film was followed by a 1991 unrelated sequel alligator ii. A young mans life is complicated by the inheritance of an alligator. The 25 best animal attacks in movie history with video nature doesnt always win, but it can sure put up a pretty good fight. This is an absolutely complete list of every horror movie released in the year 1980. Alligator 1980 internet movie firearms database guns. It is also a formula film that simultaneously demonstrates the specific. Pictures are property of movie companies owner of the respective movies. Alligator 1980 cast and crew a herpetologist robin riker helps a detective robert forster track her flushedaway pet, now a kingsize mutant called ramone.
Check out some of the best or at least somewhat memorable cinematic examples of beasts getting the better of man, from classic creature features like them. Alligator, movie, 1980 internet movie cars database. Aside from the action packed moments the film offers there is also the aspect of showing just what can happen when an urban legend truly goes wrong. All i could remember before this heavensent remastering on dvd was the older print that was shown on usa channel back in the early 90s but here, its uncut, commercial free, and more revelatory about its making. What makes alligator more than just a junky giant monster movie is, in no small part, the oddly. I guess it isnt entirely accurate to call alligator. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough and humorous films and tv shows about with alligator, danger, swamp, deadly, escapades, death, murder, boat, blood and violence plots mostly in horror, thriller and comedy genres shot in usa, canada, serbia and other.
It stars robert forster, robin riker and michael v. Ill grant you that several recent films have done a much better job in this respect in fact, id nominate 2007s rogue as the secondbest crocodilian movie but for the best of the bunch we have to go back to 1980, to lewis teagues alligator. All i could remember before this heavensent remastering on dvd was the older print that was shown on usa channel back in the early 90s but here, its uncut, commercial free. The now gigantic animal, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a biggame hunter. I doubt it was supposed to be very agrade when it was released back in 1980. The mutation the following weapons were used in the film alligator 1980. Alligator is one of those films that people will either love or hate. Cheese, notsocheesy, full horror and sci fi movies from the 80s. A baby alligator is flushed down a chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. Jump 12 years into the future, which is, of course, 1980, or approximately now. Whats amazing is that they took so long to make it. Alligator is a 1980 american monster horror film directed by lewis teague and written by john sayles.
Alligator 1980 i like this video i dont like this video. Based on the 1976 novel by florence engel randall, the film tells the story of a teenage girl and her little sister who become encompassed in a supernatural mystery regarding a missing. List of fictional crocodiles and alligators wikipedia. Alligator is a 1980 horror film directed by lewis teague. Finally, a high quality dvd print with extras, thank heaven of the classic 1980 title alligator. Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene. Il fume del grande caimano aka the great alligator. Later it grows to be a mammoth and brings about violent disorder. That countless pet alligators, given as gifts when they were babies, were flushed down toilets when they grew too large. Robert forster is great as the cop in alligator 1980 dvd. The alligator dvd 1980 release looks great and is a bargain with all the bonus material included.
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