Crocodile (1979)
Crocodile is a creature feature from Thailand made in 1979 by director Sompote Sands. Starring Nat Puvanai, Ni Tien, Angela Wells and Kirk Warren. The international version was produced by Dick Randall.
Plot Crocodile
Two doctors working in Bangkok are overworked and want to spend a weekend on vacation in Pataya with their wives. There the women are mysteriously killed in the water.
Then the men discover that this was done by a giant crocodile mutated by a recent atomic bomb testing in the ocean.
They want to take on the crocodile together with a local fisherman. But the croc has appetite for a lot more humans.
Notable scenes
The crocodile destroying a village.
Making of Crocodile
A real crocodile is slashed by a knife therefore it is banned and placed on the American Humane Unacceptable list.
Differences in the international version:
-a new opening credits scene where the creature is seen eating a pair of naked women.
-Sequences from other Chaiyo films are inserted into the film, including a scene where three children are eaten alive by the crocodile.
-The hurricane at the beginning is longer
-The scene where the creature attacks a herd of water buffalo occurs much later
The creature’s lengthy attack on a riverside village takes place in two separate scenes
– The ending is different: In the Thai version, Tony destroys the crocodile after throwing a dynamite fuse into its jaws. The international version has Peter’s self-sacrifice causing the explosion.
Our view on Crocodile
This is a great movie to watch mere from the unbelievable scenes that are in it. Complete villages are destroyed. Loads of people are killed by a creature that is sometimes so obviously fake and in other occasions its gory when they slash a real live crocodile. It is hard to find on its original media (vhs or betamax) but transfers on dvd exist. Exploitflix urges you to watch this if you like exploitation movies.
