The Happening
2008
We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
User Rating
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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- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Written by
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Produced by
- Barry Mendel, Deven Khote, John Rusk
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Cinematographer
- Tak Fujimoto
- Editor
- Conrad Buff IV
- Makeup FX
- Kelly Golden
- Sound Designer
- Paul Urmson
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United States, India
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 5.4/10 (3,921 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 17% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 34/100
- IMDb
- 5.0/10 (225,925 votes)
Cast
Mark Wahlberg
Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel
Alma Moore
John Leguizamo
Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez
Jess
Betty Buckley
Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin
Josh
Robert Bailey Jr.
Jared
Frank Collison
Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong
Private Auster
Alan Ruck
Principal
Victoria Clark
Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan
Joey (voice)
Alison Folland
Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly
Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack
Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin
Construction Crew Member
Robert Lenzi
Jake
Derege Harding
Train Conductor
Crew
M. Night Shyamalan
Director
Barry Mendel
Producer
Deven Khote
Producer
John Rusk
Producer
Jose L. Rodriguez
Producer
Sam Mercer
Producer
James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Conrad Buff IV
Editor
Jeannine Oppewall
Production Design
Gary Barber
Executive Producer
Roger Birnbaum
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Score
James Newton Howard
The Happening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 28: The Happening (2008) & Old (2021)
