Crawl

Simultaneously refreshing in its simple exploitation of a pretty good monster movie premise, and a mild disappointment that Aja seems to restrain himself in terms of his signature campy, explicit gore, but there is something satisfying about being in the hands of a film-maker who knows which buttons to push, gives them a good hammering, and leave you feeling satisfied, and even in under 90 minutes! Stirring memories of Kate Winslet’s aquatic adventures, Scodelario brings just what is needed for her role in navigating what ends up being a surprisingly spacious crawl-space for a modest family home, with her fellow cast members largely disappearing into the woodwork (when not used as cannon-fodder). Nothing earth-shaking here, but satisfying as a mid-level genre effort.