Alexandre Aja's new film embraces its B-movie roots, delivering just enough gore to make audiences cringe
takes the opposite approach, offering a refreshingly straightforward dive into the genre’s most basic, visceral depths—to sensational results.
The film opens on a University of Florida swim meet, where Haley is trying to improve her time in order to hold on to her scholarship. Haley’s worried sister calls to see if she’s evacuated ahead of Hurricane Wendy, a looming superstorm that should send even the most jaded Floridian packing for the interstate. This being a horror film, Haley has decided to stay put—and vows, against her sister’s wishes, to drive further south to check on their estranged father, who was also once her swim coach.
It’s the first of many deliciously bad decisions. As Haley quickly discovers, the road to her father’s house is closed—but she blows past the traffic cops, stopping first by her father’s sad divorcé condo and picking up the family dog, Sugar, before continuing to her old family home. Her father—played by grizzled—has apparently decided to ride out the storm there, but when Haley finds him, he’s trapped in the crawl space under the house. Turns out there’s a big ol’ alligator down there too.
At times Haley and her father’s attempt to repair their relationship can grow a little tiresome; when you’re trying to escape a rapidly flooding basement teeming with chomp-happy alligators, one might argue it’s not the best time to hash out exactly why your family disintegrated.
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