Bruce Bennett and Beverly Garland in The Alligator People (1959)

The Alligator People

Movie1959• Approved• 1h 14m
HorrorMysterySci-Fi
⭐ 5.6 / 10(2,857)

A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 14m
Released
1959
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband.

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Did you know

• This film was made because 20th Century-Fox needed a low-budget monster movie in the CinemaScope format to play on the bottom of a double bill with Return of the Fly (1959), the sequel to its sleeper hit The Fly (1958). Fox did not produce this film, however. It was made by independent producer Jack Leewood and bought by Fox.

• In 1983, 20th Century-Fox produced a video game adaption of the film for the Atari 2600. It loosely follows the plot of the film, unlike some other 20th Century-Fox adaptations, which just used a film title. Though the game never saw an official release, a completed prototype has since surfaced and is available online.

• Frieda Inescort's inability to overcome the challenges of multiple sclerosis was already becoming sadly apparent.

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

Imaginative and VERY Weird

šŸ‘ 31 Ā· 9/8/2005
⭐ 7/10

What a fun little horror picture!

šŸ‘ 12 Ā· 2/14/2022
⭐ 7/10

"Dirty, stinkin', slimy gators!"

šŸ‘ 18 Ā· 2/21/2005

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Black and White
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