The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a man, his wife, his best friend, and his friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The plot revolves around a cryptic neurotoxin that causes anyone exposed to it to commit suicide. The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore , attempts to escape from the mystery substance with his friends as hysteria grips the East Coast of the United States. It was advertised as being M. Night Shyamalan's first R-rated film and received... mostly negative reviews from film critics. In Central Park, New York City people begin committing mass suicide. After showing disorientation, they kill themselves in a variety of convenient ways. Initially believed to be a bioterrorist attack using an airborne neurotoxin, the behaviour quickly spreads across the northeastern United States, moving from large population centers to smaller areas.
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