Crawl 2: Alligators Take Over New York in Summer 2027

Forget Florida swamps. Picture an alligator-infested Manhattan. The sequel to the 2019 survival shocker is swapping sun-soaked floodplains for concrete canyons, and that shift alone promises a very different kind of terror.

Crawl 2 is set to hit theaters on July 16, 2027. Alexandre Aja returns to the director's chair, with horror veteran Sam Raimi back on board as a producer alongside Craig J. Flores. The film moves from a modest creature-feature into a higher-stakes urban nightmare.

The original Crawl introduced Haley, played by Kaya Scodelario, a college student who races home during a devastating storm to find her father—only to become trapped with deadly alligators beneath the family house. Made on a relatively small budget, the 2019 film grossed roughly $91.5 million worldwide and still holds strong critical approval, sitting near the mid-80s on Rotten Tomatoes.

Production on the sequel followed two years after Paramount officially greenlit the project. Aja, Raimi and Craig J. Flores return as producers, while Grégory Levasseur, Kwan Van Thompson and Zainab Azizi join as executive producers. The screenplay credits include Jason Harry Pigen, Andrew Deutschman, Levasseur and Aja—names that suggest a blend of franchise savvy and fresh blood.

Don’t expect to see Kaya Scodelario or Barry Pepper reprise Haley and Dave Keller. Crawl 2 introduces new leads: Mason Gooding and Emily Rudd. Gooding, who cut his teeth in the recent Scream installments and appeared in films like Booksmart and Fall, brings a familiar slasher-era energy. Rudd, known from Fear Street and the Netflix live-action One Piece, can handle both charisma and gore.

The biggest twist? The setting. Moving the threat of alligators from coastal Florida to New York City flips the premise on its head. How do predators built for wetlands fare amid subways, skyscrapers and storm drains? The logistics alone make for a taut new playground for thrills.

Raimi’s return to horror has been steady—he followed up with Send Help in 2026, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, and later lent his producing clout to the Evil Dead-related project noted in trade reports. That blend of blockbuster pedigree and genre instincts is exactly the kind of creative chemistry that can turn a sequel into something unexpectedly bold.

Mark your calendars, brace for a tidal wave of publicity, and keep an eye on how filmmakers translate swamp terror into a city that never sleeps.