
A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station to make a phone call, the train pulls away without him on it, and that's the last his wife sees of him. Years later after a long search she finally tracks him down on his family's southern estate where she discovers that a failed medical treatment has turned him into an alligator mutant.... (Full plot summary below)
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A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station to make a phone call, the train pulls away without him on it, and that's the last his wife sees of him. Years later after a long search she finally tracks him down on his family's southern estate where she discovers that a failed medical treatment has turned him into an alligator mutant.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA sci-fi/horror film that refuses to be anything but unbelievable. |
| Suite101.comRob HumanickScreams and explosions ensue, and no movie was ever harmed by having a Lon Chaney on board. |
| User Reviewdaniel kFor a fifties film, it has great replay value. It is short, suspenseful, and has excellent effects up until Paul becomes an alligator, but for 50's effects, its not too bad. It has a decent plot, and the setting in the Louisiana swamp is very interesting. A doctor finds that by mixing alligator hormones with people, it can heal them from otherwise fatal accidents and injuries. Unfortunately, the side effects slowly turn them into reptiles, and Paul Webster becomes a victim to these side effects. His wife has been searching for him ever since he disappeared on their wedding night aboard a train, and she finds him in a lab in the Louisiana swamps after some investigating. It's much better than I thought it would be, and it was great fun to watch this old sci-fi horror flick. |
| User ReviewdavidI adore these films. I can't get enough. This was excellent! Not quite as good as 'the Slime People' ... but definitely better than 'the Blob'. If you don't have an obsession with old horror movies, you should develop one! |
| User ReviewWoody Wnothing better than crazy hook armed drunks and a mad scientist who turns people into alligators. |
| User ReviewSean DThis was a pretty good thriller with an interesting plot and as usual, the ending was as horrible as could be predicted. The plot was really weird, but the main character was actually pretty good at acting. I felt that she got really stupid at the end... |
| User ReviewMartin Bah, Summertime, holiday and tropic night temprature.. What is more suitable than a black and white swamp horror movie? Not much. The 1959 concept of "nerve shattering terror" is a bit different than it is today, but if you're in the mood for som clean human-transforming-into-alligator entertainment than this will do fine. One of the alligator men likes to play piano at night others are more confused. |
| User Reviewneel phummmm! isn't it funny or real zombie that man!!! |
| User ReviewRichard HBizarre Southern gothic sci-fi tale that is far more effective than you would expect, at least until the ending, when the silly alligator head pops up. |
| User ReviewPrivate UFabulously loony 50s monster movie, with human beings turning into alligators after undergoing treatments to regrow severed limbs. Good job by Beverly Garland, and another drunk late-career performance by Lon Chaney. Lots of unintentional laughs here, great for a lazy evening with some friends. |