Crawl (2019)

"With each passing year, Jaume Collett-Sera’s dexterous, exquisitely kinetic shark thriller The Shallows looks more and more like a benchmark for how good a modern-day Jaws-styled creature feature can be. Alexandre Aja’s Crawl fundamentally operates in the same zone: a modestly budgeted studio counter-programmer, supplying a much-needed gasp of air from the oppressive maw of tentpole franchises."

""Crawl" has no pretense and not very much range; it's "Jaws" set in an old dark house."

"Guilty of revealing its reptile a little too early, Crawl finds itself struggling to stifle audience titters as it attempts to keep lifting the thrills to new heights."

"When it's really working - which is only about half the time - "Crawl" is an efficient and clever environmental adventure picture, set in a nice old house where suddenly nothing is safe."

"Alexandre Aja's Crawl is a fun monster movie that relentlessly preys on humans' most primal fears."

"Accepting the film's own standard of plausibility, thrillseekers should appreciate the brisk pace with which scares, setbacks and possible escapes are delivered."

"...an enjoyable swampy romp..."