{{Short description|2024 film by Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray}} {{use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | image = Attack of the Meth Gator poster.jpg | caption = The official film poster | director = Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Joe Roche * Lauren Pritchard }} | producer = David Michael Latt | starring = {{Plainlist| * LaRonn Marzett * Ray Acevedo * Vanesa Tamayo * Bruce Peoples * Patrick Labyorteaux }} | cinematography = Thomas Hennessy | editing = Zach Lorkiewicz | music = {{Plainlist| * Chris Ridenhour * Christopher Cano * Mikel Shane Prather }} | studio = The Asylum | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2024|03|25|DVD|2024|08|02|theatrical}} | runtime = 90 minutes<ref name="BBFC">{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2024|title=''Attack of the Meth-Gator'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/attack-of-the-meth-gator-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4ody2|access-date=February 13, 2024 |website=BBFC}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Meth Gator''''' (also known as '''''Attack of the Meth Gator''''') is a 2024 American action film<ref name="BBFC"/> directed by Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray and produced by The Asylum. It is a mockbuster of the film ''Cocaine Bear'' by Elizabeth Banks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2023-02-24 |title='Attack of the Meth Gator' – The Asylum Teases Their Own 'Cocaine Bear' Mockbuster |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3752651/attack-of-the-meth-gator-the-asylum-teases-their-own-cocaine-bear-mockbuster/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303200402/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3752651/attack-of-the-meth-gator-the-asylum-teases-their-own-cocaine-bear-mockbuster/ |archive-date=2023-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Premise== On an island in the Everglades, a DEA agent and a town sheriff team up with locals to hunt down a giant alligator on meth.<ref name=":3"/>
==Cast== {{Cast listing|<!--Per end credits order and credited roles. WP:FILMCAST--> * LaRonn Marzett as Dante Williams * Ray Acevedo as Bithlo * Vanesa Tamayo as Anna * Patrick Labyorteaux as Mayor Jensen * Robbie Rist as Trig * Wade Hunt Williams as Grady * Bruce Peoples as Sheriff Williams * Stuart Maxheimer as Deputy Farme * Benjamin L. Newmark as Shane * Arlene Lagos as Skyler * Tristen Michael Amason as Twain * Gus Langley as Tucker * Christopher Applegate as Buck * Dare Taylor }}
==Production== In February 2023, the day of the release of ''Cocaine Bear'', The Asylum announced the film on Twitter under the working title of ''Attack of the Meth Gator''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The next day, in a Tweet by The Asylum featuring a video of cast members complaining about the fictional titular alligator, it was confirmed that filming had completed on February 25.<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=The Asylum |user=theasylumcc |number=1629663535826599936 |title=We’ll give you no guesses to figure out who the cast of #MethGator is complaining about 👀🧪🐊💅🏼 Last day on set of Attack Of The Meth Gator! Our star will be entering rehab immediately after we wrap. We appreciate all your thoughts & prayers for his full recovery 🥹🙏🏼🧪🐊🚑🏥|date= February 26, 2023 |access-date= June 19, 2024}}</ref> At the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the film had been renamed from ''Attack of the Meth Gator'' to simply ''Meth Gator''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=Comic-Con to Host 10th Anniversary Sharknado Panel: Celebrating a Decade of Fin-tastic Chaos |url=https://lrmonline.com/news/comic-con-to-host-10th-anniversary-sharknado-panel-celebrating-a-decade-of-fin-tastic-chaos/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=LRM |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Inspiration=== ''Meth Gator'' is inspired by reports from 2019 that a Tennessee police department publicly discouraged the flushing of methamphetamine down toilets due to the possibility that alligators could ingest the drug, creating hyper-aggressive "meth gators".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Jason P. |date=2023-02-27 |title=Cocaine Bear Mauled the Box Office So Meth Gator Could Attack |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/attack-of-the-meth-gator-movie-release-date-trailer-cast.html |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Vulture |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303100921/https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/attack-of-the-meth-gator-movie-release-date-trailer-cast.html |archive-date=2023-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Perine |first=Aaron |title=Meth Gator Poster Released After Cocaine Bear Success |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/cocaine-bear-meth-gator-poster-asylum-movie/ |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Comicbook.com |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303212723/https://comicbook.com/movies/news/cocaine-bear-meth-gator-poster-asylum-movie/ |archive-date=2023-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Falconer |first=Daniel |title=Is Attack of the Meth Gator Real and a True Story? |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/936104-is-attack-of-the-meth-gator-real-true-story |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=GameRevolution |date=March 2, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> At the time of the reports, Kent Vliet, an alligator biologist at the University of Florida, denied the existence of so-called meth gators, stating that it was a "ridiculous notion".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenblatt |first=Kalhan |title='Meth-gators': Police warn flushing drugs could create hyper-aggressive alligators |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-police-warn-locals-not-flush-drugs-fear-meth-gators-n1030291 |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=NBC News |date=July 16, 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303222306/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-police-warn-locals-not-flush-drugs-fear-meth-gators-n1030291 |archive-date=2023-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> Writer Brett Taylor claimed his 2019 script "Meth Gators" was the inspiration for the movie, which he called "lame and unfunny." (13)
==Release== ''Meth Gator'' was released on DVD by High Fliers Films on March 25, 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Attack of the Meth-Gator|url=https://highfliersfilms.co.uk/movie/v4p3d3u2l335h483/attack-of-the-meth-gator |access-date=2024-02-12 |website= High Fliers Films}}</ref> and released digitally and in theaters on August 2.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Bolt |first=Neil |date=2024-08-09 |title=Exclusive Meth Gator Images for The Asylum's Latest Creature Feature |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1828971-exclusive-meth-gator-images-the-asylum |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-01 |title=‘Meth Gator’ Enters Cinemas August 2nd: Everything You Need to Know About Theatrical Screenings - Kaiju United |url=https://kaijuunited.com/2024/07/31/meth-gator-premieres-august-2nd-everything-you-need-to-know-about-theatrical-screenings/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=kaijuunited.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=2024-07-31 |title=Move Over, Cocaine Bear: ‘Meth Gator’ Swims Home in August [Trailer] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3823063/move-over-cocaine-bear-meth-gator-swims-home-in-august-trailer/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== * List of drug films
==References== {{Reflist}} (13) Brett Tayor, "Killer Crocodile a.k.a. Crocodillo Assassino." Scary Monsters #138. Page 97.
==External links== * {{IMDb title}}
Category:The Asylum films Category:Films about crocodilians Category:Films about substance abuse in the United States Category:Films directed by Christopher Ray Category:Horror films based on actual events Category:American mockbuster films Category:Parodies of horror Category:Films about animals on psychoactive drugs Category:Films set in Florida Category:Everglades in fiction