Alligator (1980)
Alligator, about an alligator who mutates into a giant killer animal after being flushed down the toilet as a baby (kids: please don’t do this) used a fake alligator designed by the very skilled Richard Helmer, who had previously worked on Jaws.
And according to a 1980 article in Cinefantastique Magazine, “real alligators were filmed on miniature sets or optically enlarged and matted into live-action photography.”
Long story short, the alligators in Alligator look good. And director Lewis Teague creates a savage, grindhouse atmosphere with a top-notch cast that inlcudes Robert Forster and Bryan Cranston, who would later reunite on Breaking Bad.
Teague also directed another very scary animal attack film that is coming up next on our list.
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