The Happening (2008)

06/11/2008 (US) • 1h 30m

Thriller, Science Fiction

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

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?

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$60,000,000.00

Revenue

$163,403,799.00

Keywords

suicide

husband wife relationship

tree

natural disaster

crisis

park

nature

strange behavior

virus

curious

mysterious

unexplained

satirical

desperate

toxin

anxious

unprecedented

ambiguous

distressing

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