Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films include classics like Broken Chains, Two Glorious Scoundrels and Taxi Driver. Since 2019, a rather unexpected candidate has been part of this dazzling group: Crawl by Alexandre Aja. The well-known US journalist Pete Hammond reported four years ago that the Kill Bill director was very enthusiastic about the animal horror. Crawl could be Tarantino’s favorite film of 2019, it has been said.
Whether the flick actually stayed at the top until the end of the year is unknown. Today you can check the quality of the surprise hit on TV.
Tarantino darling: What is Crawl about?
The experienced swimmer Haley (Kaya Scodelario) broke off contact with her father Dave (Barry Pepper) some time ago. Still, she decides to drop everything when a Category 5 hurricane heads toward her home in Florida.
It was the right decision, but a dangerous one: her hometown is flooded and infested with alligators. Father and daughter are suddenly trapped in a flooded house. Huge alligators lurk in the narrow crawlspaces beneath the house.
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Crawl was extremely cheap and extremely successful
Experienced genre director Alexandre Aja (High Tension) shot Crawl extremely efficiently. For example, he moved production to Serbia to save costs. The location of the film, which actually takes place in the US state of Florida, cannot be seen.
The budget could with measures like these pushed to $13.5 million become. The austerity paid off as, according to Box Office Mojo, Crawl grossed $91.5 million – almost 7 times its production costs. Crawl wasn’t just Quentin Tarantino’s favorite.
When and where is Crawl on TV?
ProSieben shows Crawl on Thursday (September 28th) at 10:30 p.m. The repeat follows on Friday night at 2:25 a.m. It’s worth tuning in, because you currently have to rent Crawl from Amazon and Co. for at least 2.99 euros; it’s not available as a flat rate.
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