Once the mayhem begins, “The Bay” puts a fair amount of effort into framing the infection in horror terms, as various residents come across bloddied corpses and dying victims with creatures writing beneath their skin. Those moments are thoughtfully juxtaposed with the bickering of emergency investigators as they attempt to figure out the cause of the incident and gradually come across the tips they failed to acknowledge before.
The bloody monster movie he spins out of that ingredient frequently plays like “Diary of the Dead” by way of a Robin Cook novel.Īlthough the action takes place on one day, “The Bay” draws from material ostensibly shot in the weeks leading up to the July 4 incident, with warning signs pointing to the incoming disaster ranging from swimmers literally mobbed by parasites to fish filled with wriggling, worm-like critters.
While the town’s smarmy mayor (Frank Deal) shrugs off responsibility for monitoring the water quality by passing the buck to equally neglectful safety organizations, a team of oceanologists investigating dead fish at sea discover the extent of the danger.įailing to get a rise out of authorities, their incapacity to have an impact on the mounting doom provides the movie with its polemical effect: Levinson has said that 85% of the narrative culls from real life incidents, and a title card points to the alarming fact that Chesapeake Bay is 40% lifeless. Covered with grotesque rashes and other lethal infections after swimming in the water, their prospects of survival are slim. Instead, “The Bay” generates significant dread from the various experts it captures in fragments of Skype calls and security cameras as they attempt to figure out the cause for the countless victims crowding the local hospital. Donna’s memories occasionally help to contextualize some of the footage but also frequently distract from the more potent dramas they depict. However, he relies on the larger framing device of nervous young reporter Donna (Kether Donohue) recording her video reminiscences of the sudden viral outbreak that killed off most of the town. Screenwriter Michael Wallach, a former State Department political analyst, capably assembles the hodgepodge of neglect involved in the dumping of chicken excrement into the bay. Don’t be a pirate.In fact, “The Bay” only lessens some of its impact when it abandons the big picture portrait of bureaucratic neglect to take a stab at embellished dramas. … Respect filmmakers and their work, rent or Buy the movie.
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… iTunes … Directed by Barry Levinson Produced by Barry Levinson, Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli Screenplay by Michael Wallach Story by Barry Levinson, Michael Wallach Starring Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly, Kether Donohue, Frank Deal, Stephen Nunken, Christopher Denham, Nansi Aluka Music by Marcelo Zarvos Cinematography Josh Nussbaum Edited by Aaron Yanes Production company Baltimore Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Alliance Films, IM Global, Hydraulx Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment Distributed by Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions Release date Septem(Toronto International Film Festival), Novem(United States) Running time 85 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $2 million Box office $1.6 million Music used in the video – Many thanks Your music is amazing. The first up is Barry Levinson’s The Bay from 2012 The residents of a seaside Maryland community become the unfortunate hosts of mutant, waterborne parasites that take control of their minds and bodies. Trigger Warning –This is a horror movie review/ discussion so will contain images and themes that may disturb. Some unknown but all have touched me in some way and I hope will you too.
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