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Caddo Lake

Finding a film to watch can be difficult. There is so much to choose from with todays streaming options. Oftentimes, we find surprise movies when checking the upcoming films section. That's how the trailer for Caddo Lake appeared.

It's a mystery thriller that works very well from the onset. We get a series of glimpses into fractured home lives of all the main characters. The idea of the core is about unresolved trauma and the conflict that brings to the people we love.

After 8 year old, Anna Bennett disappears, the town folks begin their search. It leads to a shocking discovery. At one part of the lake, there are eerie things happening to those who find themselves wading through the water.

It works because the mystery keeps you invested, and the actors then carry that forward. Dylan O'Brien serves as the films top bill along with Eliza Scanlen. The two never share a moment of screen time together, but their characters are linked through an intertwined story. One that can be hard to follow but not impossible if you truly want to see where it is going.

You can ask yourself how any of this could happen, but like with any great movie, sometimes you just need to believe. It is a small-scale story filmed on location at the real-life Caddo Lake in Karnack, Texas. The real-life lake crosses the Lousiana and Texas border. Using the real-life lake made the film feel more authentic as the means of transportation are how people would move about in real life.

It could have benefited from a little more explanation as to how the mystery of it all works. Without spoiling the twist of the film, we end up learning very little about how it all works. There are efforts to tie all the bows on this particular story and these characters. It does provide a solid resolution to both core characters while keeping the concept more of an unexplained supernatural phenomenon.