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That movie is Crawl, Alexandre Aja’s 2019 natural horror film about a father and daughter who become trapped in a home by rising floodwaters and hungry alligators during a category 5 hurricane. The movie, co-produced by Sam Raimi, started streaming on Paramount+ on March 1st. The severely underappreciated film is set to get a sequel, with Crawl 2 officially in development at Paramount Pictures. After a long period of silence following the film’s confirmation back in August 2024, Raimi finally gave an update on the New York City-set sequel when he told The Wrap in February that they’ve “been trying to get a go from the studio” following the Paramount-Skydance merger and he now has “a new hope to make it.”
Sam Raimi’s Crawl Is an Intense, Claustrophobic Survival Story
If you’re looking for an effective, high-tension creature feature, then Crawl won’t leave you disappointed. The movie is a prime example of a fight-or-flight struggle against nature and blends creature-feature horror with a natural disaster scenario to create a claustrophobic, high-stakes survival thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. Whether it’s the rising, murky floodwater or the aggressive and seemingly endless number of alligators, there’s no shortage of threats or fear, and that’s all amplified by the tight, confined space of the home. Paired with plenty of action, bloody creature violence (including some gnarly bone-cracking injuries), efficient storytelling that avoids unnecessary filler, and a strong, physical performance from Scodelario, Crawl is a can’t-miss, easy-to-revisit movie.
