The Alligator People

Goofy fun!

Mother, my body disgusts me.

Another fun role for Chaney! Actually, I was liking this one a lot better...until Salamander Head showed up at the end.

Don't you miss the days when you could just go "Gamma rays!" and that would be all the exposition you needed? These days not even 5G conspiracy nuts take the poor gamma rays seriously. Anyway, there's some really neat southern gothic in this before it becomes all about the bad rubber masks.

The sudden husband disappearing act to begin the story here sets a great tone for what could have been an engaging horror-mystery, set within an intriguing psychological study narrative framework. Unfortunately, the answers are revealed much too quickly and stated much too plainly for it to ever really have an impact. Unexceptional performances and laughable makeup and costumes (the atrocious alligator head ruins what could have been a decent ending) do nothing to cover for this poor writing.