Director Barry Levinson is really well known for developing heartfelt, character-driven films, such as Rain Man, Diner, The Natural and Avalon. So why exactly would he want to do a horror movie?
According to Levinson, the idea for The Bay came out of a 2010 request to develop a documentary on Maryland's dying Chesapeake Bay. However, the director thought that PBS' Frontline had already done a fine job covering the topic, so he opted for a fictional film that blends some of the facts with the found-footage horror genre. That sort of makes sense, since The Bay has Levinson teamed up with the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious.
The Bay is about one July 4 celebration that went horribly wrong – and ended up costing the sleepy, seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, approximately 700 of its residents. Now, three years later, some of the footage from that day seems to be surfacing.
There are no A-listers or big budgets here. In fact, most of The Bay looks like it was shot with an iPhone. Maybe that's because some of it was, in addition to a load of other consumer-style cameras. That certainly ups the creepy factor, as you can see from the trailer below.
And if you dare, check out The Bay, which is now in select theaters and available via on-demand and iTunes.
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