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“The Great Alligator” * (1979, Severin Films) Displeased with American real estate developer Mel Ferrer’s plan to disrupt his kingdom – a sprawling kingdom located in a faux Africa (played by Sri Lanka) – with a luxury hotel, the river god Kroona takes the form of an enormous alligator and eats his way through Ferrer’s staff and guests, with only photographer Claudio Cassinelli and anthropologist Barbara Bach to oppose him. As Brett Gallman’s review for Oh, The Horror rightly notes, this Italian-made creature feature takes its cues from not only “Jaws” but also the then-popular Eurocult trend of Forbidden Jungle Adventure/Horror, as evidenced by the indigenous tribe that worships Kroona, a mix-and-match crew of Black, Asian, and white performers in dusky makeup and primitive gear that seem pulled from a Depression Era Tarzan film. Though racial sensitivity may not be director Sergio Martino’s strong suit, he does know how to deliver entertaining exploitation, and lets his sizable but stiff Kroona model chew its way through the cast with abandon; he also ups the ante by also pitting the survivors against the local tribe, who are (understandably) ticked off by the outsiders’ decision to kill off their god. With Richard Johnson in Crazed Old Coot mode and little Silvia Collatina from “House By the Cemetery” as a filter-free grade-schooler; Severin’s release offers the first-ever release of “Great Alligator” in 4K UHD (a standard Blu-ray is also included) with a host of extras, several of which are ported over from a previous Code Red release. These include interviews with Martino, Collatina, production designer Antontello Geleng, and DP Giancarlo Ferrando, all of whom recall the film with varying degrees of amusement and affection. Production sketches and a video essay by Lee Gambin round out the set.