Casey Chong ranks the films of Alexandre Aja… French director Alexandre Aja has explored different genres throughout his illustrious 25-year career from the post-apocalyptic romance Furia in 1999 to the single-location sci-fi thriller Oxygen in 2021, but his most celebrated works remain his horror films, beginning with the ultra-nihilistic High Tension a.k.a. Haute Tension and […]
Alexandre Aja to direct more gator-gore with Crawl sequel
Paramount Pictures have snapped up Alexandre Aja to direct a sequel to his 2019 survival hit Crawl. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Hills Have Eyes director will return to orchestrate the gator-gore, working from a script written by Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension). According to sources the sequel will feature […]
Essential Animal Horror Movies To Watch If You Enjoyed Beast
Hasitha Fernando with a selection of essential animal horror movies to watch if you enjoyed Beast… Animal horror, creature feature or whichever way you choose to label them, all these films belong to a subgenre of horror that taps into our primal fear of what would happen if nature went haywire. With the Idris Elba […]
Alexandre Aja provides an update on the sequel to alligator hit Crawl
While doing the rounds for his Netflix thriller Oxygen (read our ★★★★ review here), Alexandre Aja has been speaking about another of his projects, the alligator action hit Crawl, and providing an update on a potential sequel. Crawl made over $90M at the worldwide box-office off a $13.5M budget, so a follow-up was always likely, and […]
Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies
EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]
Crawl director Alexandre Aja introduces an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip
Ahead of its UK home entertainment release this coming Monday, we’ve got an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from the acclaimed disaster horror Crawl, introduced by director Alexandre Aja himself; check it out here, and be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for more exclusive clips and videos… SEE ALSO: Exclusive Interview – Crawl […]
Exclusive Interview – Crawl director Alexandre Aja on film’s difficult water scenes, dogs in horror and potential sequel
Despite what one may think of the man behind some of grimmest, goriest and gnarliest big studio fare over the past decade, The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D director Alexandre Aja claims he is, in fact, not a “serial killer” — he just has a knack for putting his characters through the wringer. As […]
Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Crawl
Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, George Somner, Ami Metcalf, José Palma, Morfydd Clark, Annamaria Serda, Savannah Steyn and Colin McFarlane. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her […]
Movie Review – Crawl (2019)
Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, George Somner, Ami Metcalf, José Palma, Morfydd Clark, Annamaria Serda, Savannah Steyn, and Colin McFarlane. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her […]
Movie Review – Crawl (2019)
Crawl, 2019. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark and Ross Anderson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman attempting to rescue her injured father from his house in the middle of a hurricane finds herself terrorised by aggressive alligators. Crocodiles and alligators are great. Movies about them, however, are often not. There’s very […]
