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The Alligator People

1959 · 74 min

A creaky, swamp-soaked chiller that mixes earnest romance with absurd monster shocks, best enjoyed as a campy late-night diversion.

Tagline
Nerve-shattering terror!
Overview
Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • isolation
  • science
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour3
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
science fiction, horror, mystery
Directed by
Roy Del Ruth
Written by
Orville H. Hampton
Starring
Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., George Macready, Frieda Inescort, Richard Crane, Douglas Kennedy, Bill Bradley
Music
Irving Gertz
Cinematography
Karl Struss
Runtime
74 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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