Endlessy entertaining gator classic with a very funny script by John Sayles (also writer of Piranha and The Howling). It is essentially a horror comedy spoof, but director Lewis Teague (Jewel of the Nile) and writer Sayles let their cast play it straight. Robert Forster is very good as the main man but in the acting department it is Henry Silva who steals the show as Brocka the odd gator hunter who is eventually eaten alive ("If I couldn't get myself killed while chasing it, what fun would it be?"). Highly recommended.