Alligator Steelbook 4K Ultra HD
Alligator Steelbook 4K Ultra HD
It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It’s 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds…and it’s about to break out!
From director Lewis Teague (Cujo) and screenwriter John Sayles (The Howling) comes an unstoppable thriller with bite. A family returning from Florida decides their pet baby alligator is too much to handle and flushes him down the toilet. Meanwhile, Slade Laboratories is conducting secret experiments with animals and disposing of them in the sewer. The alligator, fending for itself, begins to feed on the dead animals, and grows. Now, twelve years later, after several mysterious murders, David Madison (Robert Forster, Jackie Brown) is on the case to find out who…or what…is killing people.
Bonus Content:
- 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative
- Presented in Dolby Vision
- Audio Commentary with Director Lewis Teague and Actor Robert Forster
- Everybody in the Pool: An Interview with Actress Robin Riker
- Wild in the Streets: An Interview with Director Lewis Teague
- It Walks Among Us: An Interview with Screenwriter John Sayles
- Luck of the Gator: An Interview with Special Makeup Effects Artist Robert Short
- Gator Guts, the Great River, and Bob: An Interview with Production Assistant, Now Famous Actor/Director/Producer, Bryan Cranston
- Alligator Author: An Interview with Screenwriter John Sayles
- Additional Scenes from the TV Version
- Teaser Trailer (New 2K Scan)
- Theatrical Trailer (New 2K Scan)
- Trailers from Hell: Filmmaker Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body) on Alligator
- TV Spots (New 2K Scan)
- Alligator Game Television Commercial
- Newspaper Ad Still Gallery by Drive-In Asylum
- Still Gallery (Movie Stills, Movie Posters, Lobby Cards, and Behind-the-Scenes Photos)
- Extended TV Version in HD for the First Time (4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative with Additional Footage Scanned from an Internegative)
| SKU: | B0GMW3BZY6 |
A Classic Movie from 1980
I remember when I saw the trailer to the movie, Alligator, in 1980, when I was a kid. When this movie was shown on television 2 years later, I enjoyed the movie although it was edited for television.
When I saw the Spanish version on blu ray, I had to buy it. It says that this blu ray is region A/B/C. I live in the United States and when I played this blu ray on my blu ray disk player, it worked fine. The audio track is the Spanish from Spain and it also has an English audio track. I am happy!
My husband and I rented this movie years ago when it was available at Blockbuster, and enjoyed it immensely. Now, here we are many years later wanting to see it again and it’s not available at Netflix. Needless to say, we are so happy that amazon is offering it (the one in English with Japanese subtitles). And we received it from the Seller right away. Be prepared to scream and laugh while watching it.
My favorite alligator on the rampage movie.
A girl’s pet alligator gets flushed and grows into a huge monster in the sewer, thanks to a steady diet of dead pets experimented on with a growth formula. People are slow to accept that a monster is living below them. Eventually, the poor beleaguered creature is forced topside and into the open where it is harassed by the police and a tasty big game hunter. Why look for snacks when they are delivered with an alarming frequency by a host of faux caterer’s.
Robert Forster is a hoot as officer Madison, the poor sap no one will believe. Yes, it’s an unabashed rip-off of Jaws. It’s supposed to be, that’s the whole point.
If you didn’t see it in the description, this is an English-language import from Korea. By default, you’ll have an English DVD menu, your audio will be in English, and no subtitles (without you choosing to have them, of course).
Don’t expect anything spectacular in regards to film and audio quality. I presume that this is a transfer off of some VHS, and it might be your jam if you like to watch these movies as you saw them back in the day. If you have access to an all-region Blu-Ray player and can spring for the Region 2 disc they sell here, it looks like you can upgrade things a little.
I read many reviews here on the site that sum it up better than I ever could, so please read those, but I will say that it’s a great Jaws rip-off, and it’s a film that knows what it is. Super-good popcorn monster movie. The TLC they put into the look of the titular villain holds up pretty well, too.
Finally, a high quality DVD print (with extras, thank Heaven) of the classic 1980 title “Alligator.” All I could remember before this Heaven-sent remastering on DVD was the older print that was shown on USA channel back in the early 90’s (but here, it’s uncut, commercial free, and more revelatory about its making). The extra featuring John Sayles is a real treasure–this man was a true independent cinema genius (and remains one, actually) and here he speaks of how he wrote “Alligator” very quickly and injected ideas into it from his own childhood experiences. I actually think his rushed script for the film “The Howling” is rather mediocre, but here his writing is more fresh and more directed. Plus, the great Robert Forster is on board–one of the absolute best of American B-movie actors, “Alligator” is another opportunity for him to shine. I am admittedly shocked that no one has tried to remake “Alligator” on a bigger scale, and release a glorified remake in 3D into mainstream theaters…but the more I think about it, maybe I don’t really want to see that after all! The Lewis Teague original is obviously THE alligator movie to see, and finally we have a respectable print on an affordable DVD to enjoy. A+
Wunderbar altmodischer Tierhorro
Obwohl im Kielwasser vom weien Hai entstanden, ist Alligator meiner Meinung nach doch (neben eben dem weien Hai und Piranhas) der wohl beste Tierhorror-Film.
Keine billigen CGI-Effekte wie teilweise heutzutage, gute Schauspieler, tolle und dstere Atmosphre, sowie ein fr damalige Zeiten ganz hervorragend getrickstes Monster. Und Action gibt es auch noch gengend. Klar sieht mal ab und an, dass da ein normal groes Tier durch eine Miniatur-Welt stapft, aber das ist allemal besser, als wenn man sich permanent misslungen CGI-Effekte antun muss.
Alles in allem ein prima Oldschool-Horrorfilm mit allem drum und dran. Und die Qualitt der DVD ist in meinen Augen auch absolut in Ordnung! Macht Spa der Film.
This movie is ancient. Unfortunately most of the people thought It was awful. A little girl buy s and alligator as a pet names him Romeno. The girl father oviously an animal hater flush Romeno down the toliet. He ends up in the sewer.
12 years go by Romnon is now an adult and he is freaking huge. He is know vicious and is 40 feet long to from epsore to grow hormons over the many years buy dead remains of test animals. Suddenly Romnon start acting and devouring people thta enter the streets.
The local police man, and little girl who owned Romon who is now and adult must stop Romenon. Good music with a scare theme for the alligator. It all comes down to the explosive finally.
The police man makes it out of man whole wite mere seconds before the denator goes of blast Romandos scale body to kingdoom koom. If you like gorey movies than Alligator is for you. She the spin chilling sequel alligator II the mutation.