tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post23321393781964856..comments2024-03-28T17:53:45.682-04:00Comments on GREAT OLD MOVIES: THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLEWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-84910877072784480682011-04-21T23:47:43.071-04:002011-04-21T23:47:43.071-04:00Thanks for your very interesting comments, Neil. Y...Thanks for your very interesting comments, Neil. You make some good points. Alligator People is one of those movies, as I always say, that is just good enough that you wish it were better. Definitely more thoughtful, as you put it, than the usual cheapie creepy. BillWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-19505286173904910522011-04-16T21:52:08.931-04:002011-04-16T21:52:08.931-04:00I was glad to see you had reviewed this one, until...I was glad to see you had reviewed this one, until today it was one of the few 50s science fiction monster movies I had never seen.<br />I have to wonder at what point the writers discovered they had created a screenplay for a horror movie that didn't have a bad guy in it, and then had to hastily put in the Lon Chaney character.<br />I think if this had been a bigger budget, better promoted movie the genre might have taken off on a different course and science fiction movies might have been considered to be more serious rather than languishing for another decade or so as fodder for American International and the likes of Larry Buchanan.<br />Except for the silly rubber suit and the poorly thought out villain, ok, and the cliche ending, this was an uncharacteristically thoughtful monster movie.<br />Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I bet anything there was a discussion after the Chaney character was dreamed up that someone said; "...and a hook! That's what he needs, then everyone will know why he's like that!"Neil A Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190094795400035347noreply@blogger.com