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Caddo Lake

Movie 2024 103 min Not Rated Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
AMU 14+ * Quality ★★★☆☆

Our take

Caddo Lake is a PG-13 mystery thriller about a girl vanishing near a cursed lake. Child disappearance, family grief, and time-travel horror create sustained tension. Blood injury and animal gore appear briefly. Frequent s-word language during stress. Best for teens who tolerate slow-burn sci-fi horror

Story (may spoil tone)

When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

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Violence
Moderate
Language
Moderate
Sex / nudity
Drugs / alcohol
Mild
Frightening
Moderate
Self-harm / suicide
Sexual violence
Child peril / abuse
Moderate
Bullying / discrimination
Gore / death / weapons
Mild
Dangerous behaviour
Mild
Eating disorders / body image
Mental health
Gambling
Grief / bereavement
Moderate

Details

Violence Moderate Blood injury, mysterious deaths, and time-travel trauma in the Louisian…

Blood injury, mysterious deaths, and time-travel trauma in the Louisiana thriller

Language Moderate Frequent s-word and hell during family arguments and investigation scen…

Frequent s-word and hell during family arguments and investigation scenes

Sex / nudity No sex found in this title

No sex found in this title

Drugs / alcohol Mild A character is described as drunk; substance use in tense family scenes

A character is described as drunk; substance use in tense family scenes

Frightening Moderate Time loops, disappearances, and swamp horror create sustained dread

Time loops, disappearances, and swamp horror create sustained dread

Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title

No self-harm found in this title

Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title

No sexual violence found in this title

Child peril / abuse Moderate An 8-year-old vanishes and teen siblings face drowning and time trauma

An 8-year-old vanishes and teen siblings face drowning and time trauma

Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title

No bullying found in this title

Gore / death / weapons Mild Animal guts and bloody ear injury appear during swamp mystery reveals

Animal guts and bloody ear injury appear during swamp mystery reveals

Dangerous behaviour Mild Characters wade into dangerous lake areas despite warnings

Characters wade into dangerous lake areas despite warnings

Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title

No eating found in this title

Mental health No mental health found in this title

No mental health found in this title

Gambling No gambling found in this title

No gambling found in this title

Grief / bereavement Moderate A child's disappearance, mother's funeral, and family deaths drive the…

A child's disappearance, mother's funeral, and family deaths drive the plot

Talk after watching

  • The family already carries grief before the vanishing. How does past loss change reactions?
  • Time twists make cause and effect confusing. How do you piece together a mystery?
  • Swamp settings look beautiful but hide danger. Why do horror stories use isolated places?