Killer Crocodile is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as Larry Ludman), who co-wrote the screenplay with Dardano Sacchetti (as David Parker Jr.).

[1] It stars Anthony Crenna, Ann Douglas, Thomas Moore, Wohrman Williams and Van Johnson.

The film's plot centers around a group of ecologists who, while investigating the illegal dumping of hazardous waste in a swamp, encounter an enormous, man-eating crocodile.

Her body is brought to a doctor in town, who suggests an animal or boat propeller as the cause of death; Judge and Foley, however, downplay these possibilities.

Judge and Joe resolve to kill the crocodile, though the ecologists are against the notion, believing the creature to be an important discovery, and possibly a endling or endangered species.

Kevin and Bob follow to stop him, and the crocodile severs their anchor rope and begins destroying the vessel.

Bob falls overboard and is eaten, and Kevin swims to shore, allowing them to tow the boat back to land.

"[4] In 2019, Anthony Arrigo of Dread Central gave Killer Crocodile a score of 2.5/5 stars, similarly characterizing its score as "sound[ing] like [Ortolani] was directed to copy John Williams' legendary two-note motif", and writing that, "Killer Crocodile delivers by sheer force of will, packing as much insanity as possible into 94 minutes and hoping audiences will be too inundated with processing the craziness to notice there's only a threadbare plot holding everything together.

"[5] In a 2022 review of both Killer Crocodile and its sequel, Bloody Disgusting's Paul Lê wrote that the first film "admittedly adds nothing new to its respective subgenre.