Infierno En El Pantano

Idk if I'm hallucinating but before the second half of the movie at around the 36:36 minute mark, I see mountains. This movie is set in louisiana and there are no mountains in louisiana especially not of that scale. Another thing I would like the mention is the movement of the alligators which isn't all realistice since they're faster and they also lift off the ground.

The release year of Infierno En El Pantano (2025) states that it was 2025. Ok, but why on earth is such a movie like this produced in this day-and-age? With an estimated budget of $5 million (unconfirmed) I doubt that they saw a return out of this move.

Madalena Aragão (Alice) reminded me of Kaya Scodelario in her looks, I had to do some searching on that, as it happens, Kaya was in the movie Infierno en la tormenta (2019) which was about gators. Crawl was a better movie.

Anyway, overall The Bayou was just ok, but below average for a 2025 movie. Athena Strates (Kyle) didn't quiet convince me that she was a gator expert. Elisha Applebaum (Malika) worked her magic and totally convinced me to dislike her character, so well done there, Elisha.

Other actors trying to do their bit were Mohammed Mansaray (Sam) seemed to be confused whether he had to be the comedic relief or a wanna be hero. The crazed pilot, Frank (Andonis Anthony), was not convincing at being a leader. Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong (Dom) was probably the hero, or close to one.

Overall, the effects were not too bad, the story and acting are what you would expect from the B movie. Would I recommend this? A few beers or wine and it is a yes.

Kyle is mourning the loss of her brother and is invited by her friend Alice to join her as well as two other friends to a trip to Everglades so that Kyle can spread her brother's ashes. Their plane crashes during the journey and all of them get stranded at an unknown swamp. To make matters worse, the swamp is infested by killer alligators who make this fight for survival a tad bit tough Kyle and her friends. As the alligators show fierce behavior which is opposite to their natural instincts, Kyle has to figure out the way to survive and save her friends.

For the budget they had, it is commendable what they did with the alligators alone and ofcourse the plane crash. The screenplay relies on the usual tropes of the nerdy yet stronger lead character and an extremely annoying supporting character who refuses to die at any cost. Remaining supporting cast exist to be gator prey. The writing let's down the core idea which was enough to be a good B movie but the screenplay fails to build the tension. The positives are less and the pay off is non existent for the climax build up. The final face off against the big Christina deserved better execution. A group of survivors up against meth loving alligators needed a crazier screenplay.

First off. I find myself saying this all the time when looking at reviews on here. There are very very few films deserving a 1 rating. But any that are would include all of high school level acting, bad dialogue AND special effects. If you need to know what that is watch any number of random horrors on Amazon. If a movie doesn't have all of those and more it's probably not a 1 and it's very unhelpful to people looking for guidance to hand out 1s because you just didn't like it and apparently it was the worst movie you ever saw.

As far as Gator Creek. Honestly it was what I expected going in (Expectation is part and a basis of all opinions). A fair horror with plenty of clichéd scares and horror tropes But with actually above average effects and acting (Yes the acting wasn't going to win awards but what horror ever does. The acting and dialogue was perfect for what it was and that's all you can ask )

So no awards but an enjoyable slightly above average horror adventure. If you go into it well versed in horror movies this won't disappoint. If you go into it having only watched Oscar winners from Hollywood's golden age, well you might have a problem.

I put this movie on last night not expecting much but it is so much better than I expected.

I thought it would be on par with a lot of Asylum films but this is way better.

The CGI is pretty good, the acting is also pretty good. Sure there's the expected a'hole characters and silly sacrifices but all in all it's a fun movie.

What's not to like? People and alligators in the bayou.

I don't know why other people have given it such rubbish reviews, glad I didn't read them before I watched it.

I went in expecting rubbish and was pleasantly surprised.

Why not give it a go.

If you like creature features, this is the movie for you.