Alligator (1980) and Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
Shudder is bringing both of these films to streaming video on demand for the first time on June 2, scanned “from stunning new prints scanned from the original camera negatives,” according to a press release. The first film, directed by Cujo’s Lewis Teague and written by future Oscar nominee John Sayles, runs delightfully wild with the “alligator in the sewer” urban legend, with Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Twin Peaks: The Return) playing a Chicago detective trying to puzzle out the strange new serial killer in his midst. The in-name-only sequel isn’t quite its equal, but it’s still worth your while, not least because it stars the likes of Steve Railsback (Lifeforce), Dee Wallace (The Howling, Cujo, E.T. the Extraterrestrial), and Kane “Jason Voorhees” Hodder.
