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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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Debopriyaa Dutta

High on Films

19 hrs ago

2.5/5

Gator Face isn’t smart enough to play off its cliches as deliberate irony, nor is it interesting enough to the point of switching your brain off for the ride.

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Edward Douglas

The Weekend Warrior (Substack)

2 days ago

6.5/10

"Seems to be having fun with the silliness of its central premise without necessarily being mean about slaughtering dumb kids"

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

2 days ago

As gory and crazy as any fan of animal attack cinema could want.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

3 days ago

3/5

Writer-director Padraig Reynolds pulls from both classic slashers and B-movie creature features to create an unvarnished throwback chiller coated in grindhouse goodness.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

3 days ago

A scrappy, unapologetically bloody creature-feature/slasher hybrid that mixes a murderous cult, Southern folklore, real alligators, practical gore and a reptilian masked killer into an increasingly wild romp through the Florida swamps.

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

4 days ago

B

The presence of actual alligators (some of whom get individual acting credits) goes a long way toward making this standard-issue slasher movie exciting and fun.

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Brian R

@RT06841310 1 day ago

Wow!!! Run for your life!!! What a great adventure!!! The locations were spectacular!!! The cinematography was stunning!!! The sound intense!!! The alligators legit!!! And the acting — phenomenal!!! Super fun movie to watch!!!

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Patch W

@FilmBuffer 1 day ago

GATOR FACE directed by Padraig Reynolds is an incredible and visceral blood-soaked gore fest filled with alligators and a crazy cult that's even much scarier than the alligators (which are real and not made with a computer...). Yes, it is definitely an indie film but that's kind of what makes this movie so worth watching!

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Alex R

@RT98807061 1 day ago

gator face delivers exactly what you'd expect and i mean that as the highest compliment. total 70s grindhouse throwback (giving big Texas Chain Saw Massacre energy but swap the chainsaw for real alligators in a florida swamp), hits every trope in the book but somehow still feels fresh bc it commits so hard. the FL backdrop is SO sweaty and gross in the best way, you can practically feel the humidity through the screen. and using real gators instead of cheap cgi?? insane, immediately elevates every kill scene bc your brain knows that's an actual animal. gritty as hell, no polish, no apologies. just pure dumb fun grindhouse energy the whole way through. didn't reinvent anything but who cares, i had a blast

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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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