Alligator (1980)

	Directed by: Lewis Teague	COUNTRY USA GENRE Thriller/Horror/ Science Fiction/ Disaster NORWEGIAN TITLE Alligator RUNNING TIME 94 minutes
	Produced by: Brandon Chase
	Written by: John Sayles

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
David Madison	Robert Forster
Marisa	Robin Riker	½
Slade	Dean Jagger	½
Col. Brock	Henry Silva
Chief Clark	Michael Gazzo
Mayor	Jack Carter

Review

Penned by a young John Sayles, who had written the Jaws spoof Piranha two years earlier, Alligator is a mildly amusing fantasy in the same vein as the two aforementioned films. Admittedly, it allows itself more creative liberties (read: illogicalities) than its counterparts, but thrust forward by a young, sexy and shamelessly talented Robert Forster, the film has drive and some useful scares and thrills. That is, until it dries out and becomes standard and dull.