The Bayou

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The Bayou

2025

1h 27m

Mystery & Thriller

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Vacation turns disaster when Kyle and her friends escape a plane crash in the desolate Louisiana everglades, only to discover there's something more dangerous lurking in the shallows.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

Mar 17

2/5

Directors Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson show bursts of proficiency, with drone shots of metallic-looking glades and interesting tilt-shift effects for the plane crash. But they are alongside some of the most laughable practical effects imaginable.

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John Serba

Decider

Aug 25

Directed by Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson, making the most of their coupla-rolls-of-nickels budget, this gator flick is an all-fronts snooze, predictable and chock-full of uninspired kills.

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

May 17

3/10

Even as a joke, this pitiful production directed by Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson is hard to stomach. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

May 3

3/5

It doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't or do anything we haven't seen before in other survival films. However, if you consider that it's a low-budget film with some interesting visuals, you'll most likely have a good time. [Full review in Spanish].

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Pablo De Vita

La Nación (Argentina)

May 2

1/5

The Bayou is so bad that at times it even makes the audience laugh from its absurd dialogue, barely explained plot, and a gruesome attempt that never rises beyond the first steps of B-grade entertainment... [Full review in Spanish]

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Feb 28

C-

An incoherent mess, its characters are unappealing and it's humorless.

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Pinoy Short R

@emill_santos 1d

Palyado. Pinanuod ko lang dahil sa Pilipinas to kinunan. Kelangan babaan mo un expectations mo para ma enjoy ang panunuod

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Andrea G

@AndyyGarcia Jan 18

Estaba emocionada por ver nuevamente una película de cocodrilos o estilo tiburón! pero siento que no explotaron del todo el potencial de la película, los efectos dejan mucho que desear, algunas muertes son inecesarias y no conectas con los personajes. Lo que me gustó fue que me sacó un muy buen susto😂

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Rob W

Dec 15

just love a creature feature and crockygators are probably top of my list so when you call a movie 'The Bayou' that's just not a great idea, a Bayou is a "marshy body of water", it's about killer Alligators FFS! So it was given a second title asking things a bit more obvious, though any promo posters let you know what you're in for, and what do you get? Well a thoroughly enjoyable creature feature, the teens in the movie aren't too annoying, decent plot and acting, but most of all the Alligators, though CGI, look great, all the scenes are in broad sunny daylight, the final scenes of the creature look really good,, lots of teeth and angry snarling, thinks do slow down in the final third a little, but it has a cool Jaws style finale, it left me with a Crocodile smile, well Alligator, but that doesn't work! check out my movie blog here https://theabsolutehorror.blogspot.com/

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Culture D

Nov 25

Meth Gators, 'nuff said. This movie is boring AF and you know it's going to have problems when I have to learn character names from the subtitles. This isn't even fun schlocky bad or entertaining, rather it sits between bad and downright godawful. Movie made me wish I had a gator come out of my toilet.

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Karen A.

@kadri Nov 8

I would give it zero if I could!

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John W

Oct 18

Surprised me a lot. Nothing special but really good for such a low budget animal horror movie. It had also some tension and funny moments.

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Vacation turns disaster when Kyle and her friends escape a plane crash in the desolate Louisiana everglades, only to discover there's something more dangerous lurking in the shallows.

Director: Taneli Mustonen, Brad Watson
Producer: Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens, Ashley Holberry, James Harris, Mark Lane
Screenwriter: Ashley Holberry, Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Creativity Capital
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2025
Runtime: 1h 27m

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