''Supergator '' is a 2007
horror film directed by
Brian Clyde, produced by
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
, and starring
Brad Johnson and
Kelly McGillis
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American stage actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in ''Witness'' (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in '' Top Gun'' (1986); ''Made i ...
. The music was by Damon Ebner; it was a parody of the film ''
King Kong
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''.
Background
After Corman produced ''
Dinocroc
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'' in 2004, he wanted to create a sequel to be named ''Dinocroc 2''. However, the
Sci-Fi Channel
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turned down the project after claiming that sequels did not do well for them.
Corman decided to go ahead with the project, but under the name ''Supergator''.
Plot
Professor Scott Kinney is an American geologist monitoring a local volcano when a Supergator, a ''
Deinosuchus
''Deinosuchus'' () is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian, related to modern alligators and caimans, that lived 82 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period. The name translates as "terrible crocodile" and i ...
'' recreated from fossilized preserved DNA, escapes from a secret bio-engineering research center/laboratory. Along the way, it eats 13 people, including two lovers, three drunken teens, three models, two tourists and a fisherman. It also eats Alexandra Stevens and Ryan Houston.
Kinney joins forces with another scientist, Kim Taft, and a Texan alligator hunter named Jake. They pursue the monster as it heads down river intent on destroying a luxurious resort packed with hundreds of tourists. Conventional weapons have no effect on it at all and Kim is eaten. So they, with the help of Carla, plan a trap for it using a fake volcano. They lure him on to it, with Jake using himself as live bait. The Supergator devours him and Kinney kills it by shooting at the fake volcano, which then blows up the beast.
Cast
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Brad Johnson as Professor Scott Kinney
*
Kelly McGillis
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American stage actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in ''Witness'' (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in '' Top Gun'' (1986); ''Made i ...
as Kim Taft
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Bianca Lawson
Bianca Jasmine Lawson is an American film and television actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'', '' Goode Behavior'', ''Pretty Little Liars'', and ''Rogue''. She has also had r ...
as Carla Masters
* Mary Alexandra Stiefvater as Alexandra Stevens
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Josh Kelly as Ryan Houston
* John Colton as Jake Kilpatrick
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Holly Weber as Lorissa
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Tamara Witmer
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as Gigi
*
Nic Nac
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as Jeremy
* Meg Cionni as Wendy
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Greg Cipes
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as Shaun
* Matt Clendenin as The Driver
* Gene DeFrancis as Lance
* Sarah DuBois as Betty
* Elizabeth J. Carlisle as Brenda
* Sol Kahn as Jason
*
Ikaika Kahoano
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as Rob
* Justin Loeb as Guy Running From Supergator
* Dave Ruskjer as Max
* Joanna Shewfelt as Tracy
* Charles Solomon as Joe
* Charles Solomon Jr. as Joe
* Jennifer Titus as Zoe
* Traci Toguchi as Melinda
Reception
References
External links
Brian Clyde - Director*
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Syfy original films
Giant monster films
American independent films
American monster movies
2007 horror films
2000s monster movies
Films about crocodilians
Films about dinosaurs
2007 films
Films produced by Roger Corman
American horror television films
American television films
Films directed by Brian Clyde
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
2007 independent films
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