The gators are hungry in clips from Aja and Raimi’s Crawl

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The official release date for the Alexandre Aja / Sam Raimi collaboration CRAWL is July 12th, which means that some theatres will begin showing it this evening. If you'd like to see a quick preview of what this "nature run amok" horror film has in store for viewers, there are a couple clips embedded below, along with the trailer.

Alligators are the threat in this film, and they're hungry and snapping in both of the clips. I got to see part of the first clip on the big screen last weekend, as the theatre I saw SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME at showed a short ad for CRAWL in front of the movie, despite the audience being full of kids. The ad ended with the moment where the alligator does its lunge and grabs the person, fast enough that you couldn't tell it was an alligator unless you already knew what the movie was. While the title was shown after I heard a youngster ask their parents, "What was that?" A mystery monster that's going to haunt their dreams.

Aja directed CRAWL from a script by Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen. The film has the following synopsis: 

When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the strengthening storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears. 

Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper star. Aja and Raimi produced the film together, along with Craig Flores. Gregory Levasseur, Justin Bursch, and Lauren Selig served as executive producers.