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About two years ago, we heard that producers Mark Lane and James Harris of Tea Shop Productions, who freaked out movie-goers with the shark thrillers 47 Meters Down and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, as well as the survival thriller Fall, were teaming up with Gavin Mehrtens and Ashley Holberry of Cowboy Cosmonaut for a new “nature run amok thriller,” a killer alligator movie that was, at the time, called The Bayou. That project has since been retitled Gator Creek and it’s set to be released through the likes of Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube Movies, Sky Store, BT Store, and Microsoft Store on March 24th. A trailer recently dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

Mehrtens wrote the screenplay for Gator Creek, working from a story by Holberry. That story crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome,...

A terrifying new creature feature is set to make its mark as Gator Creek prepares for release in the UK and Ireland on March 24. A project from the producers behind Fall and 47 Meters Down, this horror-thriller brings together the brutal survival instincts of classic alligator horrors with a modern twist—these beasts have evolved beyond anything nature ever intended.

Directed by Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson, Gator Creek follows a group of young vacationers whose trip to Louisiana turns into a nightmare after a devastating plane crash leaves them stranded in the remote bayou. What begins as a desperate bid for survival against the elements quickly spirals into something far worse when the group discovers they are not alone. A pack of monstrously evolved alligators, altered by exposure to illegal toxic chemicals, has claimed the swamp as their hunting ground. Faster, smarter, and far more aggressive than their natural ancestors,...