What did our preview audiences make of alligator survival horror Crawl?

The gators have chomped, and the people have spoken…

By Steve Newall|12 Jul 2019

In cinemas this week, survival horror Crawl pits humans against alligators.

As Aaron Yap noted in his four-star review, director Alexandre Aja (Piranha 3D, Haute Tension) “stages the setpieces with economically vicious glee, juggling claustrophobic disaster-movie suspense and merciless bouts of bloodthirsty reptilian chomping into a beer-guzzling blast of survival horror”.

We hosted preview screenings too—so what did our audiences think of Crawl?

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Steve Newall

Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012, is heard weekly on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, and is on the boards of Show Me Shorts Film Festival, the NZ International Fraud Film Festival and Independent Music Venues Aotearoa.

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