Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Steve Ramsey Crawl Or Die is an indie gem. I ran across it on Amazon and was intrigued by the premise and the poster. What sealed the deal for me was the fact that Oklahoma Ward, the director, made himself available for questions on the IMDb message board. Brave move to connect with an audience at that level. It makes me respect the guy and gives me insight to the fact that he is very proud of his movie.As he should be. This film was clearly made with fun in mind. The opening title card appears 17 minutes into the film with a freeze frame and a single word, "CRAWL", establishing what you can expect for the rest of the movie. As the seemingly endless tunnel grows narrower, the focus of the film narrows to Tank, a badass member of a special rescue team charged with protecting the last fertile woman on earth. There is an alien monster fast on the heels of the crawlers, but the real menace is the the tunnel itself, which is harrowing and relentlessly claustrophobic. Typically, tunnel scenes in movies are shot with cutaways or are designed over-sized in order to accommodate proper Hollywood lighting. Not here. Ward wisely keeps the camera inside the tunnel with the actors. At times it's dark and hard to see what's happening. Other times it's disorienting. There are no scenes outside the tunnel, and that's what makes it feel as if we are also enduring this nightmare. For over 60 minutes we get no relief from the dread of the ever-tightening tunnels or the uncertainty of what lies ahead. There is a point where Tank must make an important decision regarding the "package". It is a startling but honest reaction. It's the kind of moment that wouldn't happen in a big-budget Hollywood production, but a risk that is worth taking by an indie filmmaker.Kudos also to Nicole Alonso for conveying a real sense of determination and strength and while putting herself through what looked like a very grueling and painful ordeal.Crawl Or Die won't appeal to a mass audience, nor is that its intention, but it's a great way to spend 90 claustrophobic minutes feeling like you are a part of the action and wondering if you could survive.

Jack A punk rock chick spends 75 minutes crawling through a culvert while being chased by an Alien type monster. First she crawls through a regular culvert, then she crawls through a very narrow tunnel, then for the big climax she crawls through a culvert that's three- quarters full of dirt. There's dialogue, but you can't understand 90% of it - not that it matters in the slightest. The whole thing is edited together in such a way that you haven't got a clue what's going on. You hear gunshots, but you don't know if the people you're looking at are shooting or being shot at. It's all very dark and every half second or so, just as you've almost made out what you're looking at, the scene changes, and changes, and changes.This is just as bad as it gets. I've watched literally hundreds of low budget horror and sci-fi movies and there's absolutely no excuse for making a movie where we are literally watching someone crawl through a culvert the entire time.

Paul Round Just how on earth is this receiving the high marks on IMDb? I can only imagine it's friends and family of the film maker and cast that are writing them because the reviews do not reflect the quality of this film. It's a badly scripted and badly realised mish mash of influences such as Alien, Aliens and The Descent but without any of the things that made those memorable such as a cohesive plot or character development. The characters are so one dimensional as to be non existent and are mostly confined to a couple of sentences along with a grunt or two. The main protagonist is a poor copy of Tank Girl and seems to think that simply curling your lip is an accurate portrayal of being tough.The plot has very big holes and inconsistencies which I don't believe were deliberate but rather that the writer couldn't be bothered to actually be doing with such things and believe that the action would carry it along. That may have been true if the pacing didn't veer from confused to drawn out. This wouldn't work even as a poorly executed video game. The one thing it does do fairly reasonably is a claustrophobic cinematography but this is a one trick pony and wears thin very quickly. If this had been edited down to a 20 minute short it may have had its merits but at its current length this film shows its inadquecies in a woeful manner for all to see. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery but in this case I really would change that to insult. I don't mind no budget films and love experimental, challenging, indie and art house films but this fails on every level leaving the viewer robbed of the time watching this that could have been used more constructively - for example watching paint dry.

horrorbyproxy How do you know you've seen an awesome movie? Everyone you watched it with is Still talking about it 5 months later. The level of anxiety this film creates is formidable. Everything about this movie: the acting, the directing, the cinematography, is a breath of fresh air for the Horror Sci-fi genre. Tank is an impressive and well written character. The creature design has a familiar feel, but still fresh. Many movies in this genre phone in the creatures. These feel threatening and when combined with the claustrophobic setting make for a unique terrifying feeling. Hard to imagine so much was accomplished on such a small budget. This isn't your typical "movie of the week" Horror flick. Definitely worth checking out! However, you don't have to take our word for it, check out the movie for yourself. Crawl or Die is available for purchase and streaming on nearly every format. Why are you still reading this when you could be thoroughly entertained for 90 minutes?Support Indie Horror & Bring on the sequels!