Tag: Black Water

  • ‘Black Water: Abyss’ is a Lean & Effective Killer Croc Film [Review]

    ‘Black Water: Abyss’ is a Lean & Effective Killer Croc Film [Review]

    Serving as a much-belated sequel to the 2007 Australian sleeper hit “Black Water,” director Andrew Traucki’s B-movie influenced follow-up, the blandly titled but effectively executed “Black Water: Abyss” is lean killer crocodile film that upgrades the appropriately lo-fi aesthetic of the original, replacing the expansive swamp setting with a claustrophobic cave descent. Relying on muted…

  • ‘Black Water: Abyss’ Review: Killer Crocodile Sequel Feasts on Fresh Meat

    ‘Black Water: Abyss’ Review: Killer Crocodile Sequel Feasts on Fresh Meat

    The combination of claustrophobia, darkness, murky water and one big crocodile adds up to a decently scary time in “Black Water: Abyss,” Andrew Traucki’s belated followup to the abyss-less 2007 original he co-directed with David Nerlich. This time, the tasty humans are trapped in an underground cavern during a flash flood, making for a situation…