Black Water (2007 film)

Black Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Nerlich
Andrew Traucki
Written byDavid Nerlich
Andrew Traucki
Produced byDavid Nerlich
Michael Robertson
Andrew Traucki
StarringDiana Glenn
Maeve Dermody
Andy Rodoreda
CinematographyJohn Biggins
Edited byRodrigo Balart
Music byRafael May
Distributed byAV Pictures (Australia)
Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 3 August 2007 (2007-08-03) (Nuremberg Fantasy Filmfest)
  • 22 February 2008 (2008-02-22) (United Kingdom)
  • 2 July 2008 (2008-07-02) (Australia)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,271,556[1]

Black Water is a 2007 Australian-British horror film written and directed by Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich. The film, an international co-production of Australia and the United Kingdom, is set in the mangrove swamps of northern Australia, and stars Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody and Andy Rodoreda. Inspired by the true story of a crocodile attack in Australia's Northern Territory in December 2003,[2] a pregnant woman, along with her boyfriend and her sister, takes a boat tour of a mangrove swamp, where they are terrorized by a ferocious saltwater crocodile.

  1. ^ "Black Water 2009 Re-release". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ McMahon, Barbara (19 January 2008). "The night of the hunter". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2010.