***The following interview contains spoilers for the film***

The film, Caddo Lake, which was written and directed by Celine Held and Logan George and was inspired by the filmmakers discovery of a picture of the real lake online, premieres today on Max. The movie follows Paris (Dylan O’Brien) and Ellie (Eliza Scanlen), who both live in Karnack, Texas near Caddo Lake. Paris searches for answers to his mother’s death when she drove off a bridge due to suffering from mysterious seizures, while Ellie struggles with finding her place after her mother (Lauren Ambrose) remarries a man named Daniel (Eric Lange) years after being left by Ellie’s birth father. Their paths converge after her 8-year old step-sister Anna (Caroline Falk) mysteriously disappears. Ellie investigates, and the more threads she pulls, the more surprises she unearths as she tries to link together the past.

Held and George recently spoke with SciFi Vision about creating the film, including how it was inspired by the real lake, how it went from idea to movie, how M. Night Shymalan helped them with the script, and much more.

Watch the full interview below and check out Caddo Lake, now streaming on Max.