Movies like THE SHALLOWS, 47 METERS DOWN, and last year’s THE MEG have been getting people to the theaters the last few summers so they can witness some shark-munching terror, but this year things are getting switched up. Getting rid of the shark and bringing another aquatic predator, an alligator, to feast on unsuspecting humans, CRAWL is hoping to be this year’s creature-horror hit, and the first wave of critics have officially experienced the terror first-hand. Does this croc-feature have what it takes to keep audiences on the edge of their seat?
According to the first batch of critics, including our own Eric Walkuski, the new movie from Alexandre Aja (THE HILLS HAVE EYES) and starring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper is a nail-biting, adrenaline pumping, vicious little movie that takes its simple premise (people trapped in a house with a croc during a hurricane) gets a much mileage out of it as possible. Critics agree it’s the perfect summer movie to wash away the blockbuster fatigue, with Walkuski saying there’s “no filler, no muss, no fuss,” across the “90 or so minutes filled with tension and jolts.”
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CRAWL is in theaters July 12.