Caddo Lake is an absolute blast

When i first got recommended Caddo Lake I wasnt really keen on giving it a go. Decided to watch it last night and I fucking loved it.

I've probably watched every conjuring movie at least 3 times (even the shitty one), all the alien movies, the insidious series, etc. I watch a lot of monster horror and enjoy every second of it.

However, I have a real soft spot for mystery horror where the monster isn't a physical thing as much as it is an event. Mothman prophecies is a favourite, but also things like signs, annihilation, hereditary or even the village.

Caddo lake immediately went on my favourites list. The anomaly is vague enough to stay mysterious the whole way through, but is somewhat logically consistent. They explain away the trope of people acting dumb to increase drama through the use of desperation (finding a missing kid on a lake) and family trauma. Plus I didn't recognise a single actor but they all made a really good showing of acting like real people. It's a hard thing to quantify for me cause I know bugger all about cinematography, but they avoided making the characters tropey? They felt more real than I was expecting.

It's not the world's best movie or anything, but I never saw any advertising for it at all, and for a random find on a streaming service it was pretty fucking good.

Anyone have any recommendations for similar movies? I'm now wondering if I missed any other quiet achievers like this