After the likes of Crawl, Beast and Cocaine Bear have made a killing so to speak at the cinema in the last few years, we are not ready to say see ya later alligator to the time tested nature attacks sub-genre, in fact it may be healthier than it has been in some time. 

With that in mind, here is another well on the way. As the producers of one of the genre’s best offerings in recent years, in tense shark thriller 47 Meters Down, are producing a new alligator horror/thriller, which is filming later this year and is called The Bayou.

Deadline broke the news this week, and have outlined details of the plot too, as Megan Best (Seance) will star as the lead character, as a group are stranded in the water-logged Louisiana swamplands and are picked off one by one by a group of alligators, led by a particularly gnarly alpha female.

The film will be directed by Psycho Goreman himself Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley), and will see some of the effects team from Koala FX who worked on last year’s Fall (itself getting a sequel), on board for this film, as company Architect exec produces. 

Architect’s film sales representative Calum Gray was very enthusiastic about the film, saying, “The Bayou is a thrilling, no-holds barred, white knuckle ride that will keep today’s audiences wholly immersed and on the edge of their seats. The movie has a whole heap of tricks up its sleeve and will delight audiences with its ingenuity and fresh take on the survival genre”.

We can’t wait to see what The Bayou has in store for us and anytime we have killer gators (or any animal for that matter) on our screen, especially a big one, it is a day to celebrate.