In today’s episode, we’re wading into Alexandre Aja’s Crawl. Now, we all know that Jaws made a generation afraid to go into the ocean, but does this film’s ode to bloodthirsty alligators offer up a similar heart-pounding experience? And why are we so afraid of what lurks within the water? We’re giving some gator love on this episode, so stay tuned!
And side note, for some inexplicable reason I kept saying crocodile when, in fact, our underwater stalkers are alligators. And as my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Moon, spent many weeks explaining, there is a difference.
Additional Reading:
- Bradley, Laura. “Alligator-Hurricane Flick Crawl Is the Perfect Schlocky Summer Movie.” Vanity Fair, 15 July 2019.
- Clasen, Mathias. Why Horror Seduces. Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Gregersdotter, Katarina, Johan Höglund, and Nicklas Hållén. Animal Horror Cinema: Genre, History and Criticism. Springer, 2016.
- Howard, Miles. “‘Crawl’ Could Usher in a New Wave of Climate Change Horror Films.” Vice, 17 July 2019.
And check out Christy Tidwell’s argument about Crawl and the myth of human superiority, on HorrorHomeroom.
You can stream Crawl on Amazon:
