The Happening

The Happening

2008 · 90 min · EN · R · 5.4 (4,137 votes)
Dir. M. Night Shyamalan · Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley, Spencer Breslin · Music James Newton Howard

“We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.”

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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?

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Experience a pervasive, inexplicable dread as an unseen force turns nature against humanity. The atmosphere is one of escalating paranoia and desperate flight, punctuated by unsettling, often bewildering, encounters. It's a journey into the unknown, where the very air you breathe becomes a source of terror.

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