Alligator (1980)

3.5 / 5
Tagline: It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...and it's about to break out!
Directed by: Lewis Teague
Written By: John Sayles, Frank Ray Perilli
Actors include: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
Length: 89 minutes
Banned: nope
Country: USA

Review:
Well it should be obvious why I rented this if you've read the tagline. It tries to feed into our fears about the myth with flushing the alligator down the toilet. To sweeten the pot, the flushed gator is eating hormone enhanced lab animals for some reason which made it a big fatty. Of course it outgrew the sewers and had to see what the outside world had in store for it. The effects are okay if you are into rubber and stuff, seriously it's not too bad considering. It does eat people and you can see it but let's face it, giant monsters are often less than plausible but they make for some mindless entertainment. The cast is interesting enough to carry the less than exciting parts as well. Likely the best giant alligator film I've seen, laughs for all!