The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related

<!DOCTYPE html>     <html lang="en" class="no-js">  <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">  <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" > <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/ios/AppIcon57x57.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/ios/AppIcon72x72.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/ios/AppIcon114x114.png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/ios/AppIcon144x144.png"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/rss" /> <meta name="title" content="The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie"> <meta name="keywords" content="The Happening,M. Night Shyamalan,Trailers,Reviews,Summary,Synopsis,Cast,SimilarMovies,Related Movies,Rent,Buy,Photos,Movies Stills,Awards,Action-Adventure,Drama,Horror,Science Fiction,Thriller,2008"> <meta name="description" content="Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan on AllMovie"> <meta name="image" content="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="AllMovie"> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="257333120973158"> <meta property="og:title" content="The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie"> <meta property="og:description" content="Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan on AllMovie"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan on AllMovie"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg"> <meta property="og:type" content="video.movie"> <meta property="video:director" content="https://www.allmovie.com/artist/m-night-shyamalan-3526"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/allmovie_facebook_share.png"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-happening-am19217"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-happening-am19217"> <title>The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie</title> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/cache/dist/css/global/global-1774981de9.css"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/cache/dist/css/pages/movie/movie-e03bbffbad.css">  <meta name="alexaVerifyID" content="8Y3cJGTkeK8rAnuFENBdVBMTwC4"/> <script src="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/cache/dist/js/setup-a2e0a576f7.js"></script>  <script> // set default values for data layer variables var loggedInUser = 'notLoggedIn'; var subscribedUser = 'notSubscribed'; var adblockStatus = 'notAdblocking'; // override login and subscribed if logged in and/or subscribed if(User.loggedIn) { loggedInUser = 'isLoggedIn'; } // override adblocker state, then push async function setGA4() { const googleAdUrl = 'https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; var promise = await fetch(new Request(googleAdUrl)) .then(function() { adblockStatus = 'notAdblocking'; }, function() { adblockStatus = 'isAdblocking'; }) .finally(function() { dataLayer = [{'event': 'userData','loggedInUser': loggedInUser,'subscribedUser': subscribedUser,'adblockStatus': adblockStatus}];  (function (w, d, s, l, i) { w[l] = w[l] || []; w[l].push({ 'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(), event: 'gtm.js' }); var f = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j = d.createElement(s), dl = l != 'dataLayer' ? '&l=' + l : ''; j.async = true; j.src = 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=' + i + dl; f.parentNode.insertBefore(j, f); })(window, document, 'script', 'dataLayer', 'GTM-TBK7BSX');  }) } setGA4(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" aysnc="true" src="//cdn.fuseplatform.net/publift/tags/2/3871/fuse.js"> </script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Movie", "url": "https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-happening-am19217", "name": "The Happening", "image": "https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg", "genre": [ "Action-Adventure", "Drama", "Horror", "Science Fiction", "Thriller" ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "url": "https://www.allmovie.com/artist/m-night-shyamalan-3526", "name": "M. Night Shyamalan" } ], "datePublished": "2008", "duration": "PT1H31M" } </script> </head> <body >  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-TBK7BSX" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  <noscript> <div class="javascript-disabled" id="no-js"> AllMovie relies heavily on JavaScript.<br> Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. </div> </noscript> <div class="overflow-container movie"> <div class="stripe-container header-main-nav clearfix"> <div class="max-header"> <div class="main-nav"> <div class="logo-container"> <a class="logo no-snap" href="/" title="AllMovie"> <h1 class="logo-img">AllMovie</h1> </a> </div> <nav class="mobile-menu" aria-label="Toggle menu"></nav> <div class="search-container"> <form class="site-search" method="post" name="site-search" action="/search"> <input type="submit" class="site-search-button" name="submit" aria-label="Submit search"> <input type="search" class="site-search-input" name="term" aria-label="Search" placeholder="Search" autocomplete="off"> </form> </div> <nav class="site-nav"> <div class="nav-contain"> <div class="new-releases top-nav-item"> <a href="/showtimes/movies" class="new-releases-menu-link" title="New Releases">New Releases</a> <div class="sub-nav-outer-container"> <div class="sub-nav-container"> <div class="sub-nav-columns"> <div class="new-releases-subnav left"> <ul class="new-releases-nav"> <li class="nr-intheaters"> <a href="/showtimes/movies" title="In Theaters">In Theaters</a> </li> <li class="nr-newtostream"> <a href="/new-to-stream" title="New to Stream">New to Stream</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="new-releases-subnav right"> <div class="sub-nav-content"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="discover top-nav-item"> <a href="/genres" class="discover-link" title="Discover">Discover</a> <div class="sub-nav-outer-container"> <div class="sub-nav-container"> <div class="sub-nav-columns left"> <ul class="discover-nav"> <li id="discover-genres" class="discover-drop-trigger active"> <a href="/genres" title="Genres">Genres<span class="genres-arrow" style="display:none">  &rsaquo;</span></a> </li> <li id="discover-themes" class="discover-drop-trigger"> <a href="/themes" title="Themes">Themes<span class="themes-arrow" style="display:none">  &rsaquo;</span></a> </li> <li id="discover-collections" class="discover-drop-trigger"> <a href="/collections" title="Moods">Collections<span class="collections-arrow" style="display:none">  &rsaquo;</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="sub-nav-columns right"> <div class="discover-genre-secondary"> <div class="genre-column">  </div> <div class="genre-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/action-adeventure-ag100">Action-Adventure</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/comedy-drama-ag108">Comedy Drama</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/comedy-ag107">Comedy</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="genre-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/horror-ag116">Horror</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/thriller-ag125">Thriller</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/drama-ag111">Drama</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="genre-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/science-fiction-ag121">Science Fiction</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/romance-ag120">Romance</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/documentary-ag110">Documentary</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="genre-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/fantasy-ag114">Fantasy</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/childrens-ag106">Children's</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/crime-ag109">Crime</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="genre-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/western-va2955">Western</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/genre/mystery-suspense-ag118">Mystery-Suspense</a> </li> <li class="last"> <a href="/genres">All Genres</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="discover-collection-secondary" style="display:none;"> <div class="collection-column">  </div> <div class="collection-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Back To School-ac1361" title="Back To School">Back To School</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/King Arthur-ac1286" title="King Arthur">King Arthur</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Alfred Hitchcock-ac193" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="collection-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Summer Love Movies-ac1509" title="Summer Love Movies">Summer Love Movies</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Universal Classic Monsters-ac268" title="Universal Classic Monsters">Universal Monsters</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Disney-Pixar Animations-ac86" title="Disney-Pixar Animations">Disney-Pixar Animations</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="collection-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/John Grisham-ac1207" title="John Grisham">John Grisham</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/The Muppets-ac348" title="The Muppets">The Muppets</a> </li> <li> <a href="/collection/The Studio Ghibli-ac1239" title="The Studio Ghiblin">The Studio Ghibli</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="collection-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Christmas-ac1410" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Baseball-ac1267" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </li> <li> <a href="/collection/Batman-ac2" title="Batman">Batman</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="collection-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/collection/Dreamworks Animation-ac154" title="Dreamworks Animation">Dreamworks Animation</a> </li> <li> <a href="/collection/National Lampoon-ac275" title="National Lampoon">National Lampoon</a> </li> <li class="last"> <a href="/collections" title="All Collections">All Collections</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="discover-theme-secondary" style="display:none;"> <div class="theme-column">  </div> <div class="theme-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Coming-of-Age-Teen-at5003" title="Coming of Age/Teen">Coming of Age/Teen</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Mind-Bending-Experimental-at5018" title="Mind-Bending/Experimental">Mind-Bending</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Supernatural-Monsters-at5026" title="Supernatural/Monsters">Supernatural/Monsters</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="theme-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Justice-at5013" title="Justice">Justice</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Cult-at5004" title="Cult">Cult</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Violent-at5030" title="Violent">Violent</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="theme-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Literary-at5015" title="Literary">Literary</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Art-Music-at5000" title="Art/Music">Art/Music</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/True Stories-at5029" title="True Stories">True Stories</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="theme-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Myths-Legends-Magic-at5019" title="Myths/Legends/Magic">Myths/Legends/Magic</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/LGBTQ-at5014" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Martial Arts-at5017" title="Martial Arts">Martial Arts</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="theme-column"> <ul> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Comics-Heroes-Magic-at5002" title="Comics/Heroes">Comics/Heroes</a> </li> <li class="individual"> <a href="/characteristic/theme/Space-Aliens-at5024" title="Space/Aliens">Space/Aliens</a> </li> <li class="last"> <a href="/themes" title="All Themes">All Themes</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="blog top-nav-item"> <a href="/blog" title="Articles">Articles</a> <div class="sub-nav-outer-container"> <div class="sub-nav-container clearfix"> <div class="sub-nav-columns"> <div class="blog-list"> <ul> <li class="blog-features"> <a href="/blog/features" title="Features">Features</a> </li> <li class="blog-reviews"> <a href="/blog/reviews-5" title="Reviews">Reviews</a> </li> <li class="blog-lists"> <a href="/blog/lists" title="Lists">Lists</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="blog-list"> <ul> <li class="blog-stream"> <a href="/blog/watch-online" title="Watch Online">Watch Online</a> </li> <li class="blog-news"> <a href="/blog/news" title="News">News</a> </li> <li class="blog-all"> <a href="/blog" title="All Posts">All Posts</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="blog-subnav right"> <div class="sub-nav-blog-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recommendations top-nav-item"> <a href="/recommendations" title="Recommendations">Recommendations</a> </div> <div class="advanced-search top-nav-item"> <a href="/advanced-search" title="Advanced Search">Advanced Search</a> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="user-social-nav"> <nav class="user-nav"></nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="header-leaderboard"> <div data-fuse="Discover_header"></div> </div> <div id="cmn_wrap"> <div class="black-background-fixed"></div> <div class="content-container section-1"> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="movie-cover"> <div class="movie-contain"> <div class="poster desktopOnly"> <script type="text/javascript"> var imageGallery = [{"width":300,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/fastly-s3.allmovie.com\/iva\/movie\/19217\/300\/19217.jpg","title":"The Happening","credit":""}]; </script> <img src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg" aria-label="Launch image gallery" class="gallery-launch" alt="The Happening" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667"> </div> <div class="bit-soundtrack"> <div class="desktop-only"> <script> /* TFP - allmovie.com - white bg */ (function () { var opts = { artist: "The Happening", song: "The Happening", tv_term: "The Happening", adunit_id: 100000942, div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) }; document.write('<div id="' + opts.div_id + '"></div>'); var c = function () { cf.showAsyncAd(opts) }; if (typeof window.cf !== 'undefined') c(); else { cf_async = !0; var r = document.createElement("script"), s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; r.async = !0; r.src = "//srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/apricots.js"; r.readyState ? r.onreadystatechange = function () { if ("loaded" == r.readyState || "complete" == r.readyState) r.onreadystatechange = null, c() } : r.onload = c; s.parentNode.insertBefore(r, s) } ; })(); </script> </div> <div class="mobile-only"> <script> /* TFP - allmovie.com - black bg */ (function () { var opts = { artist: "The Happening", song: "", tv_term: "The Happening", adunit_id: 100000940, div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) }; document.write('<div id="' + opts.div_id + '"></div>'); var c = function () { cf.showAsyncAd(opts) }; if (typeof window.cf !== 'undefined') c(); else { cf_async = !0; var r = document.createElement("script"), s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; r.async = !0; r.src = "//srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/apricots.js"; r.readyState ? r.onreadystatechange = function () { if ("loaded" == r.readyState || "complete" == r.readyState) r.onreadystatechange = null, c() } : r.onload = c; s.parentNode.insertBefore(r, s) } ; })(); </script> </div> </div> <div class="streams"> <div class="mobile-only">Watch or buy on:</div> <div class="streaming-buttons num-2"> <ul class="partner-buttons"> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=movie: "The%20Happening" by "M.%20Night%20Shyamalan"&tag=allmoviedotcom-20" title="Search on Amazon" class="partner-button amazon" data-title="The+Happening"></a> </li> <li> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?c=movies&hl=en&q=The+Happening+M.+Night+Shyamalan" title="Find on Google Play" class="partner-button googleplay" data-title="The+Happening"></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="play-trailer"> <a href="https://video.internetvideoarchive.net/video.mp4?videokbrate=1500&sub=AllMovie&customerId=231734&PublishedId=167594&e=1739885559&h=2e5554824968718e1a9fe5e5bcc205d3" title="Click to play" aria-label="Play movie trailer" class="sprite btn-trailer-large play-movie" data-title="The Happening (Trailer 1)" data-objectid="am19217" data-publishedid="167594"> <span class="trailer-btn-image"></span> <span class="trailer-btn-text">Watch Trailer</span> </a> </div> <span class="gallery-lightbox-bind"></span> </div> </div> <div class="trivia"> <script> document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { function getParentTitle() { return encodeURIComponent(document.title); } function getParentDomain() { return encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname); } // Get all iframe elements with the class "iframe-class" let iframes = document.getElementsByClassName('iframe-class'); let title = getParentTitle(); let domain = getParentDomain(); for (let i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) { iframes[i].src = "https://www.triviatrap.ai/store-mcqs?content=" + title + "&domain=" + domain; } }); </script> <iframe class="iframe-class" style=" width: 300px; height:250px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: none;"></iframe> <script> const iframes = document.getElementsByClassName('iframe-class'); Array.from(iframes).forEach((iframe) => { iframe.onload = function() { try { // Attempt to get the content height let contentHeight = iframe.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight; contentHeight = contentHeight + 30; iframe.style.height = contentHeight + 'px'; } catch (error) { iframe.style.height = '250px'; } }; }); </script> </div> <div class="advertising medium-rectangle "> <div data-fuse="discover_sidebar_2_rhs"></div> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <header> <div class="poster mobileOnly"> <img src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/19217/300/19217.jpg" aria-label="Launch image gallery" class="gallery-launch" alt="The Happening" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667"> </div> <hgroup class="movie-info"> <h2 class="movie-title"> The Happening <span class="release-year">(2008)</span> </h2> <h3 class="movie-director" id="movie-director-link"> Directed by <span> <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/artist/m-night-shyamalan-an3526">M. Night Shyamalan</a> </span> </h3> </hgroup> <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="add-to-favorite-link" data-id="19217" data-type="movie" data-text="FAVORITE" data-addtolist="addtofavorite" title="Add to favorites" aria-label="Add to favorites"></a> <div class="details"> <span class="header-movie-genres"> Genres - <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/action-adventure-ag100">Action-Adventure</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/drama-ag111">Drama</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/horror-ag116">Horror</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/science-fiction-ag121">Science Fiction</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/thriller-ag125">Thriller</a>  |   </span> <span class="header-movie-subgenres"> Sub-Genres - <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/subgenre/disaster-film-ag1014">Disaster Film</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/subgenre/psychological-horror-film-ag1190">Psychological Horror Film</a>  |   </span> <span> Release Date - <span>Jun 11, 2008</span>  |   </span> <span> Run Time - <span>91 min.</span>  |   </span> <span> Countries - <span>United States of America</span>  |   </span> <span> MPAA Rating - <span>R</span> </span> </div> <ul class="ratings"> <li id="microdata-rating"> <span>AllMovie Rating</span> <div class="allmovie-rating rating-allmovie-5">5</div> </li> <li class="average"> <span> User Ratings <span class="inner-avg-user-rating">(<span class="average-user-rating-count" data-id="19217">0</span>)</span> </span> <div class="average-user-rating" data-id="19217"></div> </li> <li> <span>Your Rating</span> <div class="movie-page-user-rating user-rating" aria-label="Your user rating" data-id="19217" data-artist="M. Night Shyamalan" data-title="The Happening"> </div> </li> </ul> </header> <ul class="tabs overview"> <li class="tab overview" data-sections="descriptions,movie_info,related_highlights,altTitles"> <a href="/movie/the-happening-am19217" title="Overview"> Overview <span class="arrow">↓</span> </a> </li> <li class="tab user-reviews"> <a href="/movie/the-happening-am19217/user-reviews" title="User Reviews"> User Reviews <span class="arrow">↓</span> </a> </li> <li class="tab cast-crew"> <a href="/movie/the-happening-am19217/cast-crew" title="Cast & Crew"> Cast & Crew <span class="arrow">↓</span> </a> </li> <li class="tab streams"> <a href="/movie/the-happening-am19217/streams" title="Streams"> Streams <span class="arrow">↓</span> </a> </li> <li class="tab related"> <a href="/movie/the-happening-am19217/related" title="Related"> Related <span class="arrow">↓</span> </a> </li> </ul> <section class="review read-more description"> <h4 class="review-author headline"> Description by <span>Wikipedia</span> </h4> <div class="text"> <p>The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley and revolves around an inexplicable natural disaster causing mass suicides.</p> </div> </section> <section class="movie-information"> <div class="headline"> <h3>Movie Info</h3> </div> <div class="budget"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Budget</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> $48,000,000 </div> </div> <div class="box-office"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Box Office</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> $163,403,799 </div> </div> <div class="themes"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Themes</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> <a href = "/characteristic/theme/death-extinction-at5006" title="Death/Extinction">Death/Extinction</a> </div> </div> <div class="keywords"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Tags</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> Crisis, Dark, Death/Extinction, Natural Disaster, Park, Strange Behavior, Tree </div> </div> <div class="attributes"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Attributes</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> <span class="attributeListItem">Filming Location: New York City, Philadelphia, Tuileries Garden</span><br><span class="attributeListItem">Narrative Location: New York City</span><br><span class="attributeListItem">Subject: suicide</span> </div> </div> </section> <div class="jamx_player" style="margin: 40px 0"> <script type="text/javascript">if (scroll_v7 === "no-scroll") {cf_adunit_id = '100006649';}</script><script type="text/javascript">if (scroll_v7 === "no-scroll") {document.write("\x3Cscript src=\"//srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/apricots.js\">");document.write("\x3C/script>");}</script> </div> <section class="related-highlights"> <div class="headline"> <h3>Related Movies</h3> </div> <div class="related-movies"> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am18289","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/the-day-after-am18289" title="The Day After" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/18289/185/18289.jpg" alt="The Day After" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am43197","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/on-the-beach-am43197" title="On the Beach" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/43197/185/43197.jpg" alt="On the Beach" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.826" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am6589","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/independence-day-am6589" title="Independence Day" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/6589/185/6589.jpg" alt="Independence Day" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am12806","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/the-road-am12806" title="The Road" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/12806/185/12806.jpg" alt="The Road" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am21755","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/this-is-the-end-am21755" title="This Is the End" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/21755/185/21755.jpg" alt="This Is the End" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66724137931034" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am7028","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/flatliners-am7028" title="Flatliners" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/7028/185/7028.jpg" alt="Flatliners" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am17741","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/reign-of-fire-am17741" title="Reign of Fire" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/17741/185/17741.jpg" alt="Reign of Fire" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am6923","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/sunshine-am6923" title="Sunshine" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/6923/185/6923.jpg" alt="Sunshine" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am11204","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/quarantine-am11204" title="Quarantine" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/11204/185/11204.jpg" alt="Quarantine" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66724137931034" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am11933","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/deep-impact-am11933" title="Deep Impact" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/11933/185/11933.jpg" alt="Deep Impact" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.70126227208976" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am31747","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/doomsday-am31747" title="Doomsday" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/31747/185/31747.jpg" alt="Doomsday" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.66666666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> <div class="related-highlight" data-tooltip="{"id":"am16202","thumbnail":true}"> <a href="/movie/signs-am16202" title="Signs" class="poster-link"> <img data-src="https://fastly-s3.allmovie.com/iva/movie/16202/185/16202.jpg" alt="Signs" class="movie-poster lazyload" style="aspect-ratio: 0.67416666666667" onerror="this.src='https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/images/noimage/allmovie-no-image.png'"> <span class="relation"> Similar To </span> </a> </div> </div> <a class="all-related" href="/movie/the-happening-am19217/related" title="All Related Movies">See All Related Movies</a> </section> <div class="in-content-placement"> <div data-fuse="discover_incontent_1"></div> </div> <section class="alt-titles"> <div class="top clearfix"> <div class="headline"> <h3>Alternate Titles</h3> </div> </div> <div class="contain"> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Aeg on käes</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> EE </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Az esemény</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> HU </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Događaj</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> HR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Dogodek</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> SI </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">E venne il giorno</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> IT </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">El fin de los tiempos</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> AR, CO, VE </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">El Fin de los Tiempos</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> MX </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">El incidente</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> ES </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Fim dos Tempos</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> BR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Green Planet</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> US </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Întâmplarea</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> RO </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Ivykis</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> LT </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">L'Événement</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> CA </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Mistik olay</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> TR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Notikums</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> LV </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">O Acontecimento</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> PT </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Phénomènes</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> FR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">The Green Effect</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> US </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">The Happening</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> AU, CA, DE, IN, ID, SG, AE, GB, US </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">To symvan</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> GR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Udalosť</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> SK </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Zdarzenie</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> PL </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Το συμβάν</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> GR </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Претња</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> RS </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Явище</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> UA </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Явление</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> RU </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">Явлението</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> BG </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">วิบัติการณ์สยองโลก</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> TH </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">ハプニング</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> JP </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">破天·慌</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> HK </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">破天慌</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> TW </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">破天荒</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> TW </div> </div> <div class="alt-title-row"> <div class="alternate-title">해프닝</div> <div class="alt-title-countries"> KR </div> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="primis-video"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=119419&schain=1.0,1!publift.com,01JGJCYR4VZBANEJVZT1M88SJB,1"></script> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="footer-leaderboard"> <div data-fuse="discover_bottom_rail"></div> </div> </div> <div class="stripe-container footer-container"> <footer> <div class="other-sites"> <a href="//www.allmusic.com/" title="AllMusic - Albums and Artist Database - Music Search, Guide, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews">AllMusic</a>  |  <a href="//www.sidereel.com/" title="SideReel - Watch TV & Movies Online | Episodes, Seasons, Series | SideReel">SideReel</a>  |  <a href="//www.celebified.com/" title="Celebified - Celebrity news, watch videos, get tv info">Celebified</a> </div> <div class="corporate-links"> <a href="/about" title="AllMovie About">About</a>  |  <a href="/faq" title="AllMovie FAQ">FAQ</a>  |  <a href="/copyright-policy" title="AllMovie - Copyright Policy & Intellectual Property Rights">Copyright Policy</a>  |  <a href="/advertise" title="AllMovie Advertising Network"><br class="mobile-break">Advertise</a>  |  <a href="/privacy-notice" title="Privacy Notice">Privacy Notice</a>  |  <a href="/terms-of-service" title="AllMovie Terms of Service">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="/subscribe" title="AllMovie Remove Ads">Remove Ads</a> </div> <div class="copyright"> ©2025 AllMovie, Netaktion LLC<span class="line-two">  |  </span><br class="mobile-break">All Rights Reserved </div> </footer> <div id="choice-footer-msg"></div> <div class="ad-padding"></div> </div></div> <div class="lhs"><div data-fuse="discover_sidebar_1_lhs" style="position:sticky; top:70px;"></div></div> <script src="https://fastly-gce.allmovie.com/cache/dist/js/movie-58f378c7f4.overview.js"></script>   <script> var _comscore = _comscore || []; _comscore.push({c1: "2", c2: "17343944"}); (function () { var s = document.createElement("script"), el = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.async = true; s.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://sb" : "http://b") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js"; el.parentNode.insertBefore(s, el); })(); </script> <noscript> <img src="//b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=17343944&cv=2.0&cj=1"/> </noscript>   <div class="dvPixContain"> <script> if (scroll_v7 == "no-scroll") { document.write('<img src="https://tps30.doubleverify.com/visit.jpg?ctx=2908533&cmp=2736444&sid=24324&plc=DV-RTHM20170324001&advid=2908534&region=30&btadsrv=rhythmone&app=appid&sup=sspid&DVP_DV_TT=2&DVP_DV_CT=1&DVP_APPID=NotApplicable&DVP_SSPID=NotApplicable&DVP_PUBID=NotApplicable&DVP_PP_BUNDLE_ID=NotApplicable&DVP_RO_SSPID=NotApplicable&DVP_PP_ORTB_PUB_ID=NotApplicable&DVP_RO_SITEID=NotApplicable&DVP_RO_TRAFFIC=NotApplicable&DVP_PP_DEAL_ID=NotApplicable&DVPX_PP_IMP_ID=NotApplicable&DVPX_PP_UID=NotApplicable&DVP_RO_CDID=NotApplicable&DVPX_PP_AUCTION_UA=Mozilla%2F4.0+%28compatible%3B+MSIE+7.0%3B+Windows+NT+6.0%3B+SLCC1%3B+.NET+CLR+2.0.50727%3B+.NET+CLR+3.0.04506%3B+.NET+CLR+3.5.21022%3B+.NET+CLR+1.0.3705%3B+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322%29&DVP_PP_AUCTION_IP=10.128.0.49&turl=AllMovie.com&dvtagver=6.1.img" alt="" width="0" height="0">'); } </script> </div>  <div id="amplified_100006594"></div> <script async src="https://srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/mangos.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> if (scroll_v7 === "no-scroll") { window.amplified = window.amplified || {init: []}; amplified.init.push(function () { amplified.setParams({}); amplified.pushAdUnit(100006594); amplified.run(); }); } </script> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

The Happening (2008) - M. Night Shyamalan | Synopsis, Movie Info, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie