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- ↑ "3D mermaids, CobraGator and Louis CK: the never-released films Batgirl will join in Hollywood's vault of shame". The Guardian. 3 August 2022.
- ↑ "World Premiere of the Roger Corman/Jim Wynorski Unreleased COBRAGATOR At Monster Fest". Horror Society. 2 May 2024.
- ↑ "Movie". Jackson County Floridan. 12 June 2014. p. 4.
- ↑ "Cobragator is truly underground filmmaking". Tallahassee Democrat. 27 June 2014. p. E3.
- ↑ "Sales art for Roger Corman's CobraGator starring Michael Madsen". Flickering Myth. 21 November 2017.
