Lory Del Santo, an actress known for her work in cult cinema, appears in The Great Alligator (1979), where she navigates the treacherous waters of exploitation horror. Her role in this film highlights the era's fascination with nature-run-amok narratives, blending adventure with the thrill of the unknown. Del Santo's performance contributes to the film's status within the giallo and grindhouse genres, making her a noteworthy figure in the landscape of 1970s cult cinema.
The Great Alligator
A tourist resort in Africa finds itself at the mercy of a huge man-eating crocodile from a local native legend which the croc is the incarnation of a native god angered by the intrusion of the tourists on its nesting ground. After a new natives are killed and eaten, they naturally blame the tourists and set out to kill them while the survivors try to rally on a boat with the hungry crocodile in the water, and the blood-thirsty natives on land waiting for them.
