Gator Face

Three girl friends are finishing off their break in Florida, contemplating when to go home, when strolling across the beach they come across an abandoned house with ‘3 dead inside’ painted in large letter on the outside.

Calling the police and going into investigate two are killed and Jess (Amariah Jones) survives. The attack is by a killer in a bad alligator mask (Nikolas Kolasinski), wearing a coat the looks like it was made from same creature. His tool is an axe but the gator in the house also gets to chomp down.

Now being chased by fast and nimble maniac, Jess find herself with four others of a similar age lost in the area with a broken-down car. Needless to say the gator killer latches on to them and they gradually get dispatched.

Finding an old church with a creepy old Father Eli (Scot Scurlock) should have rung some bells, which eventually do when one of their number is drugged by the water he’s just given him. Then the chase starts again.

The effects are all practical with faces, bodies and limbs being chomped and hacked to maximum gory effect. Add to that the cheap hazy look of the stock and shoot and Gator Face, written and directed by Padraig Reynolds, is a 21st century grindhouse/exploitation feature that wouldn’t look out of place in that sub-genre’s 70’s heyday.

It also shares that era’s weaknesses which is variable acting, ludicrous situations and far too much running about that must be there to pad out what is a fairly short film.

Regardless of its short-comings Gator Face is fairly entertaining and the title pretty much informs the viewer what is in store for them. If approached with that frame of mind, then there aren’t many who will be disappointed with it.

Gator Face had its UK premiere at Tubi FrightFest London 2026 is now available to own from Signature Entertainment.