Crawl rated R for bloody creature violence & more

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Producer Sam Raimi & director Alexandre Aja's upcoming killer alligator motion picture CRAWL is all set to flood a theater near you this July. We've already seen the film's trailer and poster, and today we have word that the MPAA has slapped the flick with an R-rating for "bloody creature violence, and brief language."

You can go ahead and check out the trailer and poster below and then after giving those a peek, make sure to hit us up and let us know just how nightmare-inducing YOU find the new sales art below or over on social media! If the elevator pitch of "47 METERS DOWN meets JAWS but with alligators and a hurricane" isn't enough for you to grasp just what we can expect to see this summer, then here is the movie's official synopsis:

When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, young Haley ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father, Dave. After finding him gravely injured in their family home, the two of them become trapped by the rapidly encroaching floodwaters. With the storm strengthening, Haley and Dave discover an even greater threat than the rising water level — a relentless attack from a pack of gigantic alligators.

Directed by Alexandre Aja from a screenplay written by Shawn Rasmussen and Michael Rasmussen, CRAWL stars Kaya Scodelario (THE MAZE RUNNER) and Barry Pepper (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). Sam Raimi produces the flick along with Craig Flores (300, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE).

Paramount Pictures originally announced that the "nature run amok" horror film would be – pardon the pun – crawling into a theater near you on August 23rd of this year… but since then the powers that be behind the scenes have moved the movie forward a month to July 12, 2019.