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This episode we are opening up our multi-episode series on the concept of animal horror, also known as eco horror, and we are discussing 1980’s Alligator and 1984’s Razorback.

We begin by talking about what we’ve seen recently. On Saturday, July 8^th we were fortunate enough to catch the second night of the Mahoning Drive In’s first (hopefully annual) VHS FEST, which was two nights of films that were shot on VHS and also were projected from VHS. The event was a joint effort between the Mahoning crowd and Lunchmeat VHS, and ended up being a lot of fun. Liam talks about his recent viewing of the all female helmed anthology film XX, and Justin discusses his viewing of Chuck Russell’s 1988 remake of The Blob which he caught at Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema.

First up is 1980’s Alligator, written by John Sayles and directed by Lewis Teague. We give a basic plot outline of the movie, and briefly discuss how despite the movie taking place in Chicago the filmmakers didn’t bother covering up the fact that it was film in L.A.

We discuss how the film was surprisingly well received by critics and how that puts it above most other animal horror movies released during this time period. We talk about the effectiveness of the scenes involving the titular alligator and how they’re actually quite fearful, and how the effects are surprisingly effective (no pun intended).

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