A fanatical animal rights activist releases giant pythons into the Everglades, believing the wild animals should be set free. When they start decimating the native animal population, an over-zealous park ranger feeds experimental steroids to wild alligators so they can fight back. The giant pythons and gargantuan alligators go on a killing spree, and it is now left up to the two feuding women to put aside their differences to put a stop to the creatures and the destruction.
Acting
Tiffany and Gibson's rivalry—shrieking, hair-pulling, legendary.
Practical Effects
The animatronics look like they want to unionize and leave.
Writing
Dialogue so wooden the alligators tried to nest in it.
Director
Mary Lambert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tiffany and Gibson were genuine chart rivals in 1987; this film was their public 'reunion' 24 years later. The animosity? Method acting meets actual history.
Mary Lambert also directed Pet Sematary (1989), meaning she went from 'sometimes dead is better' to 'sometimes CGI snake is better'—debatable which philosophy won.
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