Alligator (1980): B+

Q: What happens when you flush an alligator named Ramón down the toilet? A: Ramón will grow impossibly large and ruin a high society wedding. Everyone shows up for this horror thriller, especially Robert Forster who pulls off male pattern baldness like a champ and makes a simple black jacket feel iconic. Constraint and care were taken when showing the alligator itself, creating a believable creature that brings cold malice to a movie that could have been total schlock. Alligator has its fun but works well enough to earn its place in the upper echelon of “serious” animal attack films.

 Michael Seymour Blake, Guest Contributor