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The Happening

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

2008 · R · 1h 30m

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

5.4

TMDB audience score
4,154 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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