Reptiles: Alligator (1980)

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Terry kicks off our Reptile month with Alligator and the Fumblers take a big bite out of this 80s comedy, horror monster movie.

Alligator 1980- R - 1h31m

A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.

Director: Lewis Teague Writer: John Sayles, Frank Ray Perilli Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V Gazzo

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