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Alligator (1980)

Alligator (1980)
Rating: ★★★
May 6, 1999Giant Alligator
Giant Alligatoralligator-1-19801980Amid the spate of post-Jaws Animals Amok films, this, which comes armed with a John Sayles script and plays on the urban legend of baby alligators flushed into the sewers, was a rather enjoyable effort that plants tongue in cheek
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Henry Silva, Michael Gazzo, …
Category: Horror
6 May 19993 September 2025 by Roog

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 10, 2002Sword and Sorcery
Sword and Sorcerysword-and-the-sorcerer-19821982Made on the coat-tails of Conan the Barbarian, this is a low-budget sword and sorcery film that crackles with the essence of Robert E. Howard. The first film from regular genre director Albert Pyun
Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, …
Category: Fantasy
10 June 20028 January 2026 by Roog

Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)

Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
Rating: ★
Jun 23, 2013Giant Alligator
Giant Alligatoralligator-2-the-mutation-19911991The 1980 Alligator was amusing but this hardly one of the sequels the world was burning to see. An utterly formulaic copy that is killed by impoverished giant alligator effects
Director: Jon Hess
Actors: Joseph Bologna, Dee Wallace, Steve Railsback, Richard Lynch, …
Category: Horror
23 June 201315 November 2025 by Roog

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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