You know that, right?” Crocs and gators are coming after us, it seems, and they have been coming for a long time. It’s wet, it’s filled with mold, the strange insects… alligators… alligators are dinosaurs, Dwight. As one character in Rogue (2007) puts it regarding saltwater crocodiles in the Australian outback, “They’re pretty much living dinosaurs who have been perfecting their hunting skills over two hundred million years.” The most recent such film, Crawl (July 2019), frontloaded this info-dumping to pre-release marketing, posting ominous open-jawed images with captions that read “Think you can survive them? So did the dinosaurs” and “ They were here first.” Even NBC’s television show The Office recognizes this pattern when CEO uber-creep Robert California explains the perils of the state of Florida to a Pennsylvania paper salesman: “Florida is America’s basement. Usually within the first half hour of runtime, the audience is reminded that these formidable reptiles are evolutionary champs. This idea is embedded in the sub-genre of creature feature movies about killer crocs and gators.

However, every now and then, a solid gem slips through the cracks to showcase how well this concept can be used.Crocodiles and alligators are denizens of deep time.

For example, there is a crossover of the Lake Placid and Anaconda franchises, resulting in a messy monster film.

Most are laughably terrible films by Asylum or SyFy channel originals that either rip off Jaws or have some giant monster crocodile fighting another monster this ends up resulting in a low-budget film that clearly cannot handle such an ambitious concept. Updated on June 25th, 2021 by Melody MacReady: When it comes to movies about killer crocodiles and alligators, there are not many that manage to stand out. Sadly, it results in a plethora of fodder for the SyFy channel but for every few duds, there is a surprisingly good gem despite poor ratings from the likes of IMDb. And much like with sharks, Hollywood has attempted to terrify audiences using these cold-blooded reptiles. RELATED: 10 Terrifying Ocean Horror Movies To Watch If You Love JawsĬrocodiles and alligators are much more aggressive with a higher chance of attack. A crocodile or an alligator on the other hand - that's another story. However, the truth is that the chances of being attacked by a shark are quite slim. Due to the popularity of movies like Jaws and The Shallows, sharks are now the scariest creatures in the water.

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