Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kristen ConnollyStephanie
- Will RogersAlex
- Michael BeasleyOfficer Jimson
- Christopher DenhamSam
- Kenny AlfonsoDoctor Michaels
- Kether DonohueDonna Thompson
- Anthony ReynoldsSteve Slattery - Homeland Security Officer
- Frank DealMayor Stockman
- Kimberly CampbellNurse Rebecca
- Lamya JezekMs. Rosenblatt
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
Levinson has always been acutely interested in the minutiae of human behaviour, and it's this concern that makes The Bay the triumph that it is. - 90
NPR
This astonishingly effective environmental nightmare is based on reasoning that, if you've been following the science, seems all too possible. - 83
The A.V. Club
The result is surprisingly satisfying, like "Jaws" for the YouTube/Skype era. - 80
Time Out
The Bay, a real creepfest, joins the suggestive company of eco-terror entries like Hitchcock's "The Birds" and 1979's "Prophecy." - 75
Observer
Best of all, I applaud the director's triumph of intimate terror over preposterous puppets and noisy computer-generated effects. In The Bay, the mayhem is both fresh and thrilling. - 75
The Playlist
Levinson is interested in humanity, in the small moments that make us who we are, and it's these moments that make The Bay so chilling. - 75
IndieWire
The Bay manages to scare up a real fear of environmental neglect. It's quite possibly the first example of jump scares used in service of activism. - 60
Village Voice
Despite a handful of legit creepy moments, the film's concern with superficial realism prevents it from really hitting home; its fuzzy, fractured depiction of disaster never comes close to conjuring the "holy shit it could happen here don't touch that doorknob" real-world paranoia of last year's artfully Hollywood-ized disaster film, "Contagion."
