The Alligator People

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This is the kind of movie I used to watch when I spent Friday nights at my best friend's house and we stayed up all night eating junk food and watching monster movies on TV. Beverly Garland, queen of the 50's B flicks, is great as the worried wife and George Macready (later known as the tyrannical Mr. Peyton on Peyton Place) is doing his best with what he has to work with--hey, they were just working folks with bills to pay! All things considered, it's a cut above most of its genre. No surprises; the usual 50's post-bomb musings about playing God, cheesy costumes, and all that comes with this kind of story. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

The Alligator People is really a good horror movie that doesn't disappoint!My favorite actor Lon Chaney jr. played a very good villain with a cool accent! His unpredictable southern character sports a hook for and old town dirty look!His performance was very good!As for the film it keeps you going for some time and with out spoiling it the end should satisfy most fans of the genre!Check it out!

This is actually a pretty good horror flick from the late 50's when it seems that all of God's creatures were being mutated somehow by radiation. This movie differs from that premise and that's what makes is unique and fun to watch. Beverly Garland plays a young woman on her honeymoon when her new groom suddenly disappears from a train. She desperately tries to find him and her search leads her to his home in the Louisiana Bayou where she confronts terror from all different levels. The movie is fast paced and the storyline good, I really enjoyed it. Lon Chaney, Jr. is a hoot as a drunken cajun who tries to rape the young bride. The ending is a surprise as well. Enjoy!!!!

Who's coming out at night, with a crocodile face, to play a little bit the piano? (the funniest scene of the whole film) It's Paul Webster, the unfortunate hero of this film, played by Richard Crane. If you judge by the title, you can say it's a movie that is worth nothing so, not worth wasting your time. But the movie has everything: a captivating story, it has tension, suspense, drama, comedy, a little horror, a little sci-fi, is very well played. Beverly Garland, in the role of the wife of the crocodile-man, and Lon Chaney Jr., in the role of the guy with one hand eaten by crocodiles, are both very good, convincing, perfect actors. But, everyone else in the cast is good. It's an original, fun movie that's worth seeing. You will not regret spending 1 hour and 14 minutes.

It's been years since I've seen this one and had a chance recently to re-watch it. I have to say it's better than I remembered it to be. This is b-grade sci-fi that takes itself seriously and it pays off well. The real star of this film is Beverly Garland. She is good in this movie - very convening as Joyce Webster. To me she stole the show. The rest of the cast is great too but Beverly is really shines here. There is a bit of a mystery that plays out in this one, over the course of the film you will find out what really happened to Joyce's husband Paul and why it has happened. The ending may not be exactly what you would expect but it's an interesting way to end a movie - in particular one of this nature. Worth watching if you like the older b-grade sci-fi horror films. This is one of the better ones out there. 8.5/10

This typical "drive-in" flick of the late 50s is actually fairly complicated that gets very interesting in the last 45 minutes. "Starring" the totally under-appreciated Beverly Garland (a scream queen of the 50s) and Tuesday Weld's mom in PRETTY POISON in the 60s, this sly "gator" tale is walked through Cajun swamps into unknown realms where George MacReady and Lon Chaney, Jr. live every day. Thankfully, Ms. Garland (beautiful, talented, and finally on the color MY THREE SONS episodes) is SO believable in her character's plight about her husband's "condition" ..you're sucked it. Best performance - Ms. Garland. A 7 out of 10. The husband (who looks the same to me ..even when he's "afllicted" is good), but the Mom, the servants, the HOUSE. It has all the ingredients that make "B" movies fascinating with a lot of help from Beverly Garland playing a lead Chara ..along with Bruce Bennett and various types. Recommended for it's breed of cat.

A honeymoon is cut short when a maimed war hero(Richard Crane) seeks healing. The newlywed bride(Beverly Garland)tracks her husband down in a Louisiana bayou getting injections of a serum from alligator glands. A mad scientist tries to heal cripples with his bizarre experiments. After awhile the injected mutate into...well you can guess by the movie's title. Veteran actor Lon Chaney Jr plays a crazed Cajun with a left hook(pun) and a strong aversion to 'gators'. Great scenery and background score. Special effects are pretty neat. Garland is beautiful and flawless in this Sci-Fi thriller. Notable support from George Macready, Bruce Bennett and Frieda Inescort. This is an attention grabber and well worth your while.

I heartily agree with the comments provided by reptilicus from Vancouver, Canada (and I appreciate the "high heels" heads-up, and the various actors' cross-refs). I recommend this movie for its creative application of pre-60s sci-fi/horror canon: eerie melodrama, sympathetic characters, strictly implied gore, rough & toothless scientific explanation, and absolutely no pretensions to credibility, 'cause we're all just here to have fun anyway. Great use of bookends, and of ominous bayou atmosphere. Note that the synopsis on the DVD case (20th Century Fox, released September 7, 2004) incorrectly lists "Lon Chaney" as our heroine's husband. Mr. Chaney actually plays the drunken Cajun, and Richard Crane plays the husband.