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Film · 0 connectionsThe Happening (2008)
- Science Fiction
- Thriller
- 90 min
- 16 age guide
- ★ 5.4/10 from 4,087 ratings
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?
Directed byM. Night Shyamalan
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