FilmNRSci-Fi Horror Monster & Creature Classic Monsters

The Alligator People1959

Name: The Alligator People
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Monster & Creature, Classic Monsters, Gothic
Released: 1959-07-16
Rating: 5.7

“Nerve-shattering terror!”

Directed by Roy Del Ruth

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.6TMDB 5.6

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Year

1959

Runtime

74 min

Box Office

Budget

$300,000

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A young woman's repressed memories — unlocked under hypnosis — reveal a haunting tale of a vanished husband and a desperate search that leads her deep into Louisiana swampland. What she found there was strange enough to be buried in her own mind. A brooding mansion, a reclusive doctor, and the gator-infested bayou all hold pieces of a terrible secret. This late-50s creature feature blends Gothic atmosphere with mad-science dread in ways that linger well past its B-movie trappings.

Content: Animal Threat Sequences, Mild Violence, Disturbing Transformation Imagery