

Alligator
It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
TMDB
6.0/10
407 votes
IMDb
Not rated yet
View on IMDb
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- —
- Language
- English
- hunter
- mutation
- underwear
- alligator
- toxic
- creature
- briefs
- scientist
- sewer
- child eaten
- timebomb
- reptile
Top billed cast















Behind the camera
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Stream
Gallery












Videos
Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR14 Nov 1980
- PhysicalRDVD18 Sept 2007
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical15Originally AA11 Feb 1982
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical22 Jan 1981
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical15 Oct 1981
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+11 Feb 1993
GermanyDE
- Theatrical167 May 1981
JapanJP
- Theatrical25 Apr 1981
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1627 May 1981
- Physical16DVD19 Dec 2000
ThailandTH
- Theatrical4 Feb 1981
Frequently asked questions
Alligator was released on 14 November 1980.
Audience reviews
5- G7/10
Gimly
2/14/2018
Genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. The best giant croc (Well I mean, it's an alligator, but in terms of what you can do with them in a horror movie, they're really the same thing) creature feature I've seen since _Rogue_. I wish someone was still making movies like this. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._
- W6/10
Wuchak
7/9/2018
**_An oversized alligator from the sewers of Chicago breaks loose_** A baby alligator is flushed down the toilet in Chicago and mutates to great size from eating chemically contaminated dog carcasses in the sewers. A policeman (Robert Forster) and a beautiful reptile expert (Robin Riker) team-up to track down the beast when it escapes the sewers and preys on citizens. “Alligator” (1980) is kind of boring for th…
- J6/10
John Chard
4/13/2020
It's snappy. After an irate father flushes down the toilet his daughter's baby alligator, the creature feeds on dumped animals that have been tested with a growth hormone. Thus the gator grows into a 36 foot long monster that promptly terrorises Chicago. With a rather witty John Sayles script, tidy effects work and Lewis Teague's knowingly "B" movie direction, Alligator turns out to be one of the better post Ja…
- J6/10
JPV852
3/2/2022
Not great but semi-entertaining monster-horror film has its moments and like seeing Robert Forster in the lead. Some of the effects were on the goofy side when it came to the alligator but still for its time I thought it was alright. **3.0/5**
- T4/10
The Movie Mob
11/27/2022
**Alligator didn't win any awards, and it shouldn't have. It's so bad, but it might just win your heart if you give it a shot.** Another creature feature with no money, horrible acting, and terrible dialogue that is a lot of fun if you treat it differently than an Oscar contender. Sure, it's a piece of garbage, literally. The alligator got flushed down the toilet ending up in the sewer along with some experimental…
Member reviews
Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign inMember comments
0Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign in











