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Oh, boy… where to start?
The script was so silly and directed even more so.
So many scenes felt like rehearsals or auditions rather than something in a finished film.
Poorly directed, laughably acted, and terribly miscast.
The Happening
We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.
Rating
2.0 (2)
Release Date
6/11/2008Runtime
90 minsGenres
Overview
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A relentless survival thriller where an unexplained environmental catastrophe forces a couple to flee into the countryside, their dread mounting as the threat remains mysterious and increasingly surreal. The film favors atmosphere and escalating wrongness over conventional scares, making paranoia feel palpable.
Mood
Dread-soakedParanoidTense
Themes
SurvivalNatureMortality
Tone
Matter-of-fact
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Suicide and self-harmGraphic violence
Reviews
Dull movie with a really confusing premise.
Like why does this shit that makes you want to kill yourself only effective in a large group😭
It doesn't make sense
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