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When a huge hurricane hits her hometown in Florida, Haley ignores evacuation orders to look for her father. After finding him badly wounded, both are trapped by the flood. With virtually no time to escape the storm, they discover that rising water levels are the least of their problems.
During a massive hurricane, a young woman, Haley, rushes to her father's Florida home to save him. She finds him gravely injured and trapped in his flooded house, with massive alligators lurking in the rising waters. Haley and her father must fight for their lives against both the relentless storm and the predatory reptiles.
Crawl was met with generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its efficient direction, tense atmosphere, and practical effects. Reviewers often highlighted its straightforward B-movie appeal and effective creature feature elements, though some noted its predictable plot.
Praised for its taut direction and effective scares, delivering a thrilling creature feature.
Applauded for practical effects and intense, claustrophobic survival sequences.
Cited as a fun, no-nonsense horror film that embraces its premise with gusto.
Google audience: Audiences generally enjoyed Crawl, appreciating its effective jump scares, intense action, and straightforward, B-movie style horror. Many found it to be a fun and thrilling ride, particularly praising the tension and the effectiveness of the alligator threats.
Director Alexandre Aja, known for other creature features like Piranha 3D and The Hills Have Eyes, made a conscious effort to use as many practical effects and animatronics as possible for the alligators, rather than relying heavily on CGI, to give the creatures a more tangible and menacing presence.
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Ok, so there are more holes in this plot than in an entire factory of Swiss cheese and it does, quite literally, level up from the basement to the roof - but I actually quite enjoyed it. Accomplished swimmer “Haley” (Kaya Scodelario) is wor...
**Hurricanes, alligators, and a fractured father-daughter relationship - Crawl is a fun creature flick that survives it all!** Crawl is different from my usual favorite stupid shark or alligator creature features because this is not a so...
The movie plot follows Hayle, who heads towards a storm in Florida to check on his father, who is not answering calls. When she gets there, her father is hurt and the house is surrounded by hungry and furious alligators. To make it worse...
Simple but entertaining enough, and quickly paced (running time around 80-minutes w/o credits), thriller that has just enough character development for me to care about their predicament. Not sure how much replay value this has but it's at ...
Crawl is a medium budget creature horror film that’s more Bait than Jaws – but with the added back drop of a massive hurricane. As if our characters weren’t already in enough danger. Is Crawl a “so bad its good” movie, or a “so bad you s...
_Crawl_ didn't changing my life or anything, but it is far and a way the best creature feature I have seen in years. Kaya Scodelario still hasn't quite got the hang of an American accent, and the very first time we see a gator it does nooot...
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