Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- claustrophobic
- tense
- bleak
- horror movie night
- creature feature marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film underwhelming, though some acknowledged its effective simplicity and moments of claustrophobic suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends are trapped in a remote cave system with underwater passages and limited escape routes.
A hungry crocodile relentlessly threatens the explorers and turns the wilderness into an adversary.
The critical reception specifically notes a claustrophobic nihilism, while the premise places ordinary people against an overwhelming natural predator.
The cave system in Northern Australia and its crocodile population define the film's danger and setting.
Films like Black Water: Abyss, and why
Crawl
claustrophobic creature survival horror centered on an animal attack in a hostile natural environment
The Shallows
survival horror focused on a small group trapped in water and hunted by a predatory animal
Rogue
Australian wilderness horror combining isolation, animal threat, and tense man versus nature suspense
47 Meters Down
enclosed-location survival horror where vulnerable characters face an implacable nonhuman threat
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrew Traucki
- Release Date
- 2020-07-09
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (490)
Cast
- Jessica McNamee
- Luke Mitchell
- Amali Golden
- Benjamin Hoetjes
- Anthony J. Sharpe
- Louis Toshio Okada
- Rumi Kikuchi
- Anna Kubat
- Nicole Collett
- Stu Kirk
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Black Water: Abyss about?
- A cave expedition in Northern Australia becomes a claustrophobic fight for survival when a hungry crocodile turns submerged passageways into a deadly trap.
- What is Black Water: Abyss like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Black Water: Abyss as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Black Water: Abyss violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Black Water: Abyss as moderate.
- What did critics think of Black Water: Abyss?
- Critics generally found the film underwhelming, though some acknowledged its effective simplicity and moments of claustrophobic suspense.
- Which films are like Black Water: Abyss?
- Films with a similar feel include Crawl, The Shallows, Rogue, and 47 Meters Down.
- How long is Black Water: Abyss?
- Black Water: Abyss runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Black Water: Abyss?
- In United States, Black Water: Abyss streams on fuboTV.
