The Bay

"Panic feeds on fear."

Nov 21 2012 R 1h 24m
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge. What follows is a nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror.

Plot

This "found-footage" film is set in 2009 in the town of Claridge, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. During the town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there. No one is sure what it is or how it's transmitted, but as people start to behave strangely, and others turning up dead, fear spawns into panic. The town is shut down as government authorities confiscate video footage from every media or personal source they find, in an effort to cover-up the incident. But one local reporter who witnessed the epidemic, was able to document, assemble, and hide this film in hopes that one day, the horrible truth would be revealed . . .

Written by

Michael Wallach, Barry Levinson

Directed by

Barry Levinson

Cast

Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly, Kether Donohue

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Blumhouse Productions, Automatik Entertainment, Hydraulx, Baltimore Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

Trailers
The Bay Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Horror Movie HD
Scores
# of Votes
32,531
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
65
Popularity
NA