What is American Primeval about?
A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.
A mother and son navigate a bleak Western landscape, forming a found family amidst freedom and cruelty.
Intimate and suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
American Primeval parents guide
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a TV-MA: brutal violence and graphic gore.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Language
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
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Three questions
- Is American Primeval scary?
- Only a little. American Primeval has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is American Primeval?
- Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is American Primeval rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Brutal violence and graphic gore. The TV-MA is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byMark L. Smith
StarringTaylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Derek Hinkey, Joe Tippett
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American Primeval is on our Survival, Limited series and Western lists.
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