The Great Alligator (1979)

	Also Known As: Il fiume del grande caimano, Alligator
	Year of first release: 1979
	Director: Sergio Martino (Screamers, 2019 After the Fall of New York, The Mountain of the Cannibal God)
	Actors: Barbara Bach (Screamers, The Spy who loved me), Claudio Cassinelli (Screamers), Mel Ferrer
	Country: I
	Genre: Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 29.07.2012, DVD, Home Cinema
Synopsis: A photographer is invited for the pre-opening of a luxury hotel along a wild river in Africa. The indigenous, although at the beginning in good terms with the white man, start to get nervous and fear the awakening of their God Kurna. Could this be a giant crocodillian?!?
Review: I bought this DVD in a set of two (together with Screamers) featuring Barbara Bach, the diva from the 70's. The french editor Neo Publishing made a good job of restauration (the DVD looks as good as some Blu-rays I've seen), and includes new and interesting special features with the movies (interviews...). The alligator itself looks obviously cheap (what to expect from an Italian pseudo-copy of Jaws from the 70's!?), but the director manages to hide it well, and show us more of the characters and their relationships, except towards the end when he has no other choice than showing us the plastic alligator eating a carton minivan in a swimming-pool! But all in all the movie is OK, and especially I had a great time with the groovy sountrack, with a good bass and drums for the scenes with the indigenous, and more towards disco for the scenes at the hotel.
Rating: 4 /10