Repligator – Brett McCormick’s 1996 sexy sci-fi monster movie spoof -is finally being unleashed on Blu-ray by Visual Vengeance, Wild Eye Releasing’s cult label dedicated to vintage shot-on-video and microbudget genre independents from the 1980s through the 2000s, on September 29, 2023. The Blu-ray includes brand-new interviews and insights from the cast and creators of this saucy science-fiction send-up. Extras include:
New director supervised SD master from the original master tapes
Limited Edition Slipcase – first pressing only
One pair of branded ‘X-Ray Specs’ – first pressing only
Commentary by director Bret McCormick and Glen Coburn
Commentary by Sam Panico of B&S About Movies and Bill Van Ryn of Drive-In Asylum
Archival Making Of Featurette
Archival Bret McCormick Interview (2013)
Original Deleted Opening Scene
Director Bret McCormick Interview (2022)
Producer Wynn Winberg Interview (2022)
Actress Brinke Stevens Interview (2022)
Actor Carl Merritt Interview (2022)
Actor Randy Clower Interview (2022)
Folded mini-poster
Buy Blu-ray: Amazon.com
Meanwhile, here’s our previous coverage of this entertaining trash:
Repligator is a 1996 American sci-fi comedy horror film produced and directed by Bret McCormick (Ozone! Attack of the Redneck Mutants; The Abomination) from a screenplay written by Keith Kjornes (The Devil’s Tomb).
The movie stars Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; The Demon Lover; Mosquito), Keith Kjornes, Randy Clower, TJ Myers, Carl Merritt and Brinke Stevens (Teenage Exorcist; et al).
A top-secret military experiment turns burly soldiers into sexy nymphomaniac babes who then turn into alligators when they reach orgasm…
Reviews:
“This isn’t a movie made for the serious cineaste, but rather for those who enjoy the simple things bad, low budget movies can and so often do provide instead of any sort of artistic merit: cheap lingerie, fake boobs, real boobs, dinosaur alligator face masks, zombies (?), horrible optical effects, bad science, characters with horrible names like Doctor Goodbody and Colonel Sanders, and bad, trashy jokes galore.” DVD Talk
“The alligator costumes (just heads mostly) are not going to win any awards. And never do you see a bikini babe with a gator head as they show in the advertising, so don’t expect that. But the whole movie is played as comedy, so realistic costumes would be totally out of place. Fortunately, the movie is never once meant to be frightening or thrilling in the least, only titillating. Unfortunately, it’s neither funny nor titillating.” California Herpes
” …the script is better than you’d expect and does manage to raise the occasional groan of laughter. The cast don’t appear have to received much in the way of direction and compensate by overacting wildly but they do it with such enthusiasm, especially the guys, that it’s difficult not to find it endearing. And why wouldn’t the guys be enthusiastic: they spend most of the film being groped by topless women.” HNN
“Things could stand to get a little cheesier, but I love the ludicrousness of every damned thing in this movie. It really is like watching a terrible Doctor Who story from the classic series, but with more boobs. I’d almost say watch this just for the entertainment value alone, because damn if it isn’t something unique.” Triskaidekafiles
“It was pretty bad. Awful, actually. It was physically painful to watch the actors deliver their lines as though they’d eaten an entire jar of peanut butter and chased it with a sleeve of Saltines – fumbled, stilted, or just awkward.” Cinema Head Cheese
Buy DVD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk
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