Thank you for your reply.
The crash happens with both the standard walking creatures (the non-armoured ones) and the ones that hang from the ceiling. The small stationary ones don't seem to cause an issue because they don't actively chase you during the mini-game.
(I believe that these three are the only ones that can grapple. let me know if I missed any and I will test them.)
I have found that when the white button at the bottom of the screen is pressed fast enough (about 1/2 second) the animation plays normally without problems.
Other version seems to run smoothly without issues. I did not expect there to be more to the game.