Crocodile (2000 film)

Nu Image
Flat Dog Corporation It was rereleased by Trimark on October 9, 2001, as part of a DVD box set that also included King Cobra, Octopus, and Spiders.

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Crocodile holds an approval rating of 25% based on 4 reviews. In a contemporary review, Joseph O'Brien of Rue Morgue wrote, "There are occasional flashes of Hooper's brand of weirdness", noting a scene where a crocodile hunter attacks the beast that killed his father. O'Brien added that the film was like an episode of "Dawson's Creek where most of the cast are munched by a big reptile; a not unrewarding experience if viewed in this light. [ ] Ultimately though, even the good bits are only good enough to make you wish you were watching Alligator or maybe even Lake Placid instead." Will Wilson of Deep Red gave the movie one out of four, stating that "the degree to which Tobe Hooper continues to mar his early cinematic legacy is alarming. His once imposing filmic reputation suffers another deadly blow with this stuff, an as by the numbers film as one can get." Wilson wrote that "arguing that Hooper has lost it is rather a redundant point. We all know he has. It is just how far he has plummeted that is shocking." Matthew Chernov of Variety would later place Crocodile eighth on a list of the top ten alligator films, noting it was not as strong as Eaten Alive, but had a "cheesy charm that's undeniable", and was better than the "SyFy Channel movies it occasionally resembles [ ] Despite some dodgy CGI effects, Hooper's talent behind the camera shines through."

Nu Image would produce a sequel, Crocodile 2: Death Swamp. The film's director, Gary Jones, said the second film is "not really a sequel. It doesn't follow the plotline, characters, or anything. It's a totally new story, except that one of the characters happens to be a crocodile."