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Gator Face

Play trailer 1:46 Poster for Gator Face Sep 2026 1h 20m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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79% Tomatometer 19 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A Florida vacation becomes a blood-soaked fight for survival when a group of friends are hunted through the swamps by a savage cult that feeds its victims to ravenous alligators in the name of an ancient reptilian god.
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Ashley Morales MovieJawn Sep 20, 2026
Writer-director Padraig Reynold’s reliance on classic horror tropes—the final girl, the promiscuous girl who dies first, the good guy who is actually the bad guy—are not enough to save this film from being a bust. Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views Sep 19, 2026
If you enjoy slasher films with random killers, then you will love the first two acts, but the denouement feels anti-climactic and gets monotonous at the exact point that it should not. Go to Full Review
Joe Kucharski Pop Culture Leftovers Sep 17, 2026
In an indie horror movie where the bad guy looks like a weird cosplay mix-up of a satanic Jar Jar Binks and G.I. Joe’s Croc Master, Gator Face somehow drags a gaping maw full of old-school horror out of the Florida swamp. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Sep 16, 2026
1.5/5
A slasher film masquerading as a creature feature that so desperately wants to be a Tobe Hooper film from the 1970s, Gator Face is minorly entertaining as a so-good-it's-bad debacle, peddling 'unseriousness' and careless, insufferable performances. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix Sep 15, 2026
Gator Face has some amateurish acting, but this low-budget horror film is a satisfactory homage to grindhouse movies. The visual effects and gore are believable in this story about young people hunted by a serial killer wearing an alligator mask. Go to Full Review
Joseph Robinson Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) Sep 15, 2026
1.5/5
Gator Face offers flashes of trashy creature-feature fun, but this gritless throwback’s bargain-bin acting and nonsensical plot quickly wear out the novelty of its practical effects. Go to Full Review
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Righteous T @RT38706495 21 hrs ago Classic slasher flick yeah if most slasher picks are rated badly but if you put it under a slasher critic and not just general movies, great flick. Great movie to watch this Halloween season. See more tm11999 M @tm11999 Sep 22, 2026 great flick, the final girl.......well. real gators in florida. part 2 should be awesome. you can watch this gory dumbness. See more Voodoo V @RT54486871 Sep 20, 2026 Weird..It was filmed like an old daytime Hallmark movie if Hallmark had done blood spilling horror. Not sure if that was what they were going for but that's what it is. See more Steven S @G0dJester Sep 19, 2026 The first half of the movie offers up an old school low budget slasher flick complete with masked axe wielding maniac. The movie pushes forward with minimal plot, some extremely bad dialogue, and a smattering of bloody murderous animal feedings. Just as the slasher chasing begins to overstay it’s welcome we enter the second half of the movie where we are introduced to a cult of gator worshipers who the slasher has been killing for. This movie is not great but knows exactly what it is and refuses to let a little thing like quality get in the way of some dumb fun. Would Recommend See more FL T @RT55717871 Sep 19, 2026 Plot pretty weak and acting at its peak mediocre but at times terrible. Clearly very cheaply made so u have take into account lack of budget. I did make it all the way through which is something. No way this should be getting 80% in reviews must be fake. See more Kristin A. R @KristinMB Sep 17, 2026 A wildly fun, fast-paced horror ride! Gator Face is exactly the kind of horror movie that reminds you how much fun the genre can be. From the opening scenes, it grabs your attention and barely lets up. The suspense builds quickly, the pace stays tight, and just when you think you know where the story is headed, it throws something else at you. The Florida swamp setting is fantastic—isolated, eerie and perfect for creating that constant feeling that danger could be lurking anywhere. The use of real alligators and practical effects gives the movie an authenticity and tension that CGI simply can’t replicate. What I enjoyed most, though, is that Gator Face never forgets to be fun. It’s scary, suspenseful, crazy and entertaining without taking itself too seriously. If you like slashers, creature features, grindhouse horror—or simply want a movie that’s exciting and genuinely entertaining—Gator Face is absolutely worth watching. Highly recommended! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Florida vacation becomes a blood-soaked fight for survival when a group of friends are hunted through the swamps by a savage cult that feeds its victims to ravenous alligators in the name of an ancient reptilian god.
Director
Padraig Reynolds
Producer
Jason Scott Goldberg, Patrick Ewald, Padraig Reynolds, Wes Thomas
Screenwriter
Padraig Reynolds
Distributor
Epic Pictures
Production Co
Epic Pictures
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 15, 2026
Runtime
1h 20m
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