From as far back as 1959 the film industry has been infatuated with B-rated films about good ole reptilian mutation of one form or another. Here are our favorite "gator" films.

The Alligator People (1959)
Mutated alligators are nothing compared to angry women and this B-rated gem proves it. Abandoned wives are even worse, and this one spends years tracking down her missing husband, only to find him residing at his family's Southern mansion and transformed into a mutated alligator after surgery gone awry. Can you say malpractice?


The Great Alligator (1980)
A resort owner shows his reluctance to allow his lucrative African resort to close, even though a monstrous alligator is devouring locals and patrons alike. Sources say that some landlord-tenant laws were passed based directly on this film.


Alligator (1980)
It may be cheesy and gory but this gator flick is generally regarded as a diamond in the rough among mutated alligator films. Penned by well-known screenwriter John Sayles, this film tells the story of Ramon the alligator, who was unceremoniously disposed of goldfish-style as a baby. Ramon beats the odds and survives to become a 32-foot terror by feeding on dead hormone-treated animals and unexpecting humans.


Alligator Eyes (1988)
Three friends make the classic B-film mistake of picking up a mysterious blind woman who's hitchhiking. In a story twist only Miss Cleo could predict (wink wink) she seduces the men and coaxes them onto a desert island where the title is soon demystified.


Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)
In a virtual carbon copy of the first, a baby alligator is flushed into the city sewer system, this time filled with excess toxic chemicals from a corporation toying with growth accelerator. Equal parts B-rated film and social action film, this beauty breaks no new ground nearly 10 years later.