Alligator

BiZz-R-O Cinema & GUTTER FILMS Present: ALLIGATOR

A young girls father flushes her pet baby alligator down the toilet and years later, it grows to enormous size after feasting on an illegal growth hormone from a pharmaceutical company in Chicago. Killing a handful of sewer workers and others unfortunate enough to venture below the street, the outsized gator eventually erupts from the sewer and wreaks havoc throughout the city.Former Roger Corman protege, Lewis Teague directs this excellent action-horror throwback to the much beloved creature features of the 1950's and the Nature Gone Amuck renaissance of the 1970's. With a script by John Sayles, another Corman acolyte, the screenplay is peppered with various in jokes and a tone that keeps its tongue firmly in cheek. There are moments where the film is genuinely creepy and there are also times where the film evokes a laugh or two from the audience. Teague and Sayles seamlessly balance both as well as creating some memorable characters aiding immensely in the enjoyment of this cult horror classic.ALLIGATOR possesses a certain charm that all these other more serious giant creature horror flicks are lacking. Lewis Teague and his crew of technicians and meticulous actors created one of the best remembered and best loved horror films of all time. Containing an enormous amount of entertainment value from its performances, to the witty script, to the scares and humorous moments, ALLIGATOR is one cult classic that should not be missed.