Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Anoushka Slater
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Chase_Witherspoon
A film crew documenting the tributaries of a Central American river system is decimated following an encounter with an enormous, aggressive crocodile. Nature photographer Crenna (Richard's son) combines with the feared and revered local hunter (Girolami) to hunt and kill the giant perpetrator. But corrupt official (former screen legend Johnson) is not so keen on them discovering other activities in the swamp, and sends in the heavies to thwart their attempts. Gianetto De Rossi's special effects aren't especially authentic, but certainly add colour (mainly crimson) and excitement to this otherwise turgid action caper, which suffers from some woeful performances and lazy construction. As is often the case in Italian horror movies, though less acceptable in the West, kids are prolific on "Killer Crocodile"'s menu; in one memorable scene, the croc devours several of them when a pier collapses.It's a travesty of a "Jaws" rip-off, made remotely watchable by the unusual cast that includes a bloated and almost unrecognisable Van Johnson as crooked local law enforcement figure, known as "the Judge". Johnson looks disorientated at times, and seems to be simply delivering his lines on cue, with little to no interaction with the Italian-speaking cast's dialogue.The scenery is sometimes pleasant, and the score is functional, but the acting is at times, abysmal, and nothing short of embarrassing. Conceptually weak with little consideration for plot development or narrative construction, the filmmakers seem to rely on the subject matter and gory special effects to earn the film some kind of cult status, and therefore become commercially successful. In reality, the film remains obscure with good reason. Followed by "Killer Crocodile 2".
HumanoidOfFlesh
A group of environmentalists discover that barrels of radioactive waste have been dumped along a Santo Domingo river.This causes a giant crocodile to emerge and start devouring the local villagers."Killer Crocodile" by Fabrizio De Angelis is an extraordinarily poor horror film that provides tons of cheese and amusing moments.The film rips-off "Jaws" and is filled with bad acting and idiotic scenes.The main star of it is of course the killer crocodile,who devours its victims incredibly fast.The existence of this bloodthirsty beast is never fully explained.Give this one a look,only if you enjoy trashy Italian horror films.6 out of 10.
larsan111
Rented this film for being a horror-moviefan and got me one of the most amusing comedies I've seen. It's very hard to give this film any horror categorizing, did they ever (the film-makers) thougt this would scare anybody? After one minute or so the croc appears and I realized that this can be 90 terrible minutes of my life, but ooh, one needs to laugh sometimes.With the special effects, that already by others been clearified, which are stiffy to say the least, the musical score that is ripped from John Williams jaws (in particular the second track of the "jaws"-soundtrack) - it's already then amusing. Then comes the characters, boy o boy, the teenagers behaviour in Fr:13:s movies are deep thougt genious moves. The dialogue for ex: ....yeah.....maybe you're right about that.....(dramatic thinkingpause) ..or maybe you're wrong.... (and the camera starts pulling back after this refreshing turn of event). Interesting how this monstrous beast loses a big tooth on a very thin wall that just about stands for itself and how a propellermachine can explode - once, twice, three...four...I lost count of the explosions. Finally, for now, the experienced hunter that shoots the hero (the croc) with a elephant-rifle time after time with no effect to the beast whatsoever jumps overboard onto the crocs back and starts poking it with a boathook (yeah, THAT will do a wonders).Tons of stuff like this and I can only recommend this for those who want to laugh at a bad (but amusing) movie, a little gore, but that is NOT what you remember after seeing "Killer Krokodile" (the spelling on the swedish cover).(Got to see the sequel)
dogcow
This film is the definition of comic badness. The croc changes sizes seemingly at random. In one scene it even looks about 20 feet tall. People fall in to the water for no particular reason and it's not even clear what country this is supposed to take place in. Fortunately the film is fun and fast paced so you can ignore some of the faults. The gore is plentiful and the animatronic crocodile by Gianetto De Rossi is pretty amazing for a movie with such a low budget (well at least we know where the money went). Thomas Moore's (Ennio Girolami) performance as Joe the grizzled croc hunter adds alot to the film also. Some imaginitive camerawork and a decent jaws ripoff score by Ortolani doesn't hurt things either.Overall a decent fun flick, just don't expect JAWS.Shot back-to-back with Killer Crocodile II
