About this episode

The episode discusses the film CRAWL, exploring themes of thalassophobia and the terror of rising floodwaters and alligators.

Throughout June we'll be highlighting thalassophobia and the fear of deep waters. This week the fiends Totemlydrunk and Grindhouse Zombie are getting low. We're talking crawlspace low, face down in rising floodwater low, and alligator at eye level low for Alexandre Aja's CRAWL. Joining us is Evan from The Kilt and The Redneck Reviews for a film that takes the most minimal possible premise and builds something close to a perfect creature feature out of it. We have a daughter, a father, a hurricane, a flooding crawlspace, and the alligators that came in with the water. T he alligator's absence of malice here is more frightening than any amount of monster motivation would have been. Not every threat needs a reason. Sometimes the water rises and the things that live in the water come with it. Kick Watch Parties (Tues/Thurs 7:30PM PT on discord) Join our community on Discord: bit.ly/handlewithscare

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