Carriers (2009)

Carriers parents guide

Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a PG-13: a few tense moments and a jolt or two.

Scare

Mildly scary

A few tense or eerie moments.

Jump scares

A couple

One or two sudden jolts.

Gore

Light gore

Some blood or injury, briefly.

Violence

Strong violence

Violence is frequent or intense.

Sex and nudity

None flagged

It is a horror title, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

Language

Moderate

Some strong profanity, a few f-words.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Carriers scary?

Only a little. Carriers has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

How gory is Carriers?

Light gore and strong violence.

What is Carriers rated, and is it OK for kids?

For teens, mostly: it is rated PG-13, with some strong language and strong violence.

What is Carriers about?

A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.

Cast and crew

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Carriers is on our Disasters and Horror on Paramount+ lists.

More like this feeling

Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.

• “scary but not gory”
• “a horror movie that's actually scary”
• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”

Lists with the same feel: Tearjerkers; and Horror, not scary.