Mark Wahlberg’s poorly-reviewed survival movie,The Happening, is officially coming to streaming. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, the horror movie follows a world in which mysterious and self-inflicted deaths plague the world. Wahlberg stars asElliot Moore, a teacher desperately trying to survive and uncover the truth behind the suspicious attack.The movie performed well at the box office, where it earned $163 million on a $60 million budget. Despite achieving a profit,The Happeningreceived horrible reviewsand contributed to Shyamalan’s ongoing fall from grace.
According to a report byCollider,the much-maligned movie will officially be coming to Hulu on October 1.The Happeningwas previously only available to purchase or rent. The timing comes as Shyamalan’sTrapwas released in theaters and has been performing moderately at the box office.
Why You Should Watch The Happening On Hulu
It Best Captures The Essence Of A B-Movie.
Few movies are more entertaining than this thriller.With Elliot and his wife darting around the country searching for safety, they stumble across a large cast of bizarre and hilarious characters. They eventually come to discover that the root of the mysterious deaths is not a terrorist-driven biological weapon as they initially assumed. Without spoiling the twist, they instead uncover a horrible secret that gets to the core of Shyamalan’s argument about human civilization.
Just likeThe Roomeventually became a cult classic, Wahlberg’s survival movie has endured and begs to be watched.
The cast was mocked for exaggerated performances, the production quality proved to be insufficient, and the eventual twist was downright laughable. Just likeThe Roomeventually became a cult classic, Wahlberg’s survival movie has endured and begs to be watched. It is difficult to forget Betty Buckley’s absurd depiction of Mrs. Jones or Wahlberg’s lack of reaction to much of the surrounding horror. While it would be painful to take seriously,an ironic viewing is genuinely entertaining.
Every M. Night Shyamalan Movie, Ranked Worst To Best
Director M. Night Shyamalan is known for his incredible filmography, from the critically panned After Earth to the acclaimed Unbreakable.
Shyamalan claims that he intended to create a fun B-movie, and that is exactly what he did.Every one of Shyamalan’s moviesplays on different themes and styles, andThe Happeningstands out as his depiction of a classic B-movie. Though it secured weak Rotten Tomatoes scores, it is worth watching just to see the progression of Shyamalan’s work and the hilarity of Wahlberg’s reactions.
What Screen Rant has said aboutThe Happening:
The movie switches gears into being a more goofy sort of horror when the reality of what is happening becomes clear. It is a canny tonal choice for the filmmakers to accept that the bizarre nature of the twist makes this sillier tone necessary, and one that turns it from a passable horror mystery into an uproarious satire (as evidenced by the killer elderly woman encountered near the climax). The Happening switches gear - intentionally or otherwise - from a straight-faced horror into a Mystery Science Theatre 3000-worthy effort, but the viewing experience is just as fun. Although the twist changes the movie’s appeal, it is still one worth watching, where a more frustrating or less inventive twist would simply have made it forgettable or bland.Movies Can Be Both Silly And Twisty (& M. Night Shyamalan Is The Master)
$163 million
18%
24%
Major Awards
Saturn Award for Best Horror Film (Nominee), Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture (Nominee), Worst Actor (Nominee), Worst Screenplay (Nominee), Worst Director (Nominee)
The Happening
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Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan presents The Happening, a thriller that centers around a strange unexplained phenomenon that begins to cause human beings to commit suicide in waves. Initially believed to be an international terrorist attack, science teacher Elliot and his wife Alma head to Boston with friends to escape the chaos. Soon enough, they realize that the effects have spread further than they thought - possibly across the entire world.
