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The Bay

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The residents of a seaside Maryland community become the unfortunate hosts of mutant, waterborne parasites that take control of their minds and bodies.
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Barry Levinson's eco-horror flick cleverly utilizes familiar found-footage methods in service of a gruesome yet atmospheric chiller.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com This disgustingly suspenseful yarn got under my skin, and I kept shivering long after I left the theatre. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 24, 2022 Full Review David Gritten Daily Telegraph (UK) Gruesome but oddly riveting. Rated: 3/5 Mar 1, 2013 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Seeking to merge the conventions of found-footage horror with targeted social commentary, the film does its job with some skill ... Rated: 3/5 Mar 1, 2013 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Falls short of expectations both as a found-footage horror movie and as a creature feature. Rated: 2/5 Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review When, after the film and a web search or two, audiences begin to read about the real problems of Chesapeake Bay, Levinson’s intent becomes apparent. Rated: 3/4 Sep 21, 2022 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants An effective little chiller. Levinson burrows right under your skin (har har) with a mounting squickiness Jul 2, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeffrey P A found footage film that is horrifying that is not for the squeamish. Ending could have been better. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review Patrick R -_-_-_- 👍✔👌💜👏👍 Truly a well-made film! ... not for the communicative choice itself, which one may or may not like, but for the fact that, having chosen this stylistic direction, the director managed to build the sensations with an excellent mix of: perfect realistic acting, a continuously changing mixed style of real-cam, and a masterful editing that, within the chaos of various styles, keeps you focused on the progression of the story. .. In this 2012 film, there are none of those clichés that nowadays prevail in 99% of films of this genre Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 Full Review Green C Very realistic and frightening. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 Full Review Sean F To start off, I'm one of the few people that actually really likes found footage. This is a classic creature feature using environmental issues as the basis for the disaster. It's really good in a lot of areas, especially in world building and the multitude of camera sources. Unfortunately where it falls short is with the main actress. She is just awful. She's trying to overact in every scene, and it completely takes you out of the film every time she's in frame. She's obviously thinking it's her big break in acting and thinks she's doing something, when in reality she's just by far the worst actor in the film. Everyone else sells it great. I can't understand how she got so much screentime. Even her voice overs were over the top. Without her in it this would be a 5. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Audience Member Genious! Rarely felt this uncomfortable watching a movie like that! This will possibly haunt me a while. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Jonathan O The Bay is really disturbing scary found footage creature horror film. It may be very disturb and too intense and not for weak heart and weak stomach audiences but it really does feel it can happen on pandemic era. And really good camera work there's some camera shaking moments but it really captures the documentary style and terrific editing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Barry Levinson

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Kristen Connolly

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Kether Donohue

Donna Thompson

Frank Deal

Mayor John Stockman

Stephen Kunken

Dr. Jack Abrams

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Synopsis The residents of a seaside Maryland community become the unfortunate hosts of mutant, waterborne parasites that take control of their minds and bodies.
Director
Barry Levinson
Producer
Barry Levinson, Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli
Screenwriter
Michael Wallach
Distributor
Roadside Attractions
Production Co
Haunted Movies, Automatik Entertainment
Rating
R (Disturbing Violent Content|Bloody Images|Language)
Genre
Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 2, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 17, 2014
Runtime
1h 24m
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