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‘Beware Boiúna’ is too slow to work as a survival thriller and too restrained to deliver the uncomplicated fun of a giant snake film. The human story is not strong enough to carry the film, while the creature itself is kept out of sight for so long that its eventual appearances eventually exhaust viewers rather…

Movies about monstrous versions of recognizable animals are a fun subgenre. The likes of Anaconda, Lake Placid, The Meg, and the granddaddy of them all, King Kong, offer a certain innate allure regardless of their differing quality, as they take a creature we might already find menacing and mega-plus-size them. Some lean into camp, some…

The final trailer has been unveiled for Beware Boiúna, the giant Amazonian snake movie from Wrong Turn and Silent Night, Deadly Night director Mike P. Nelson. The new trailer comes with a particularly strong endorsement from JoBlo, featuring a quote from Tyler Nichols’ rave review of the film. Tyler gave Beware Boiúnaa 9/10 and called…