This "found-footage" film is set in 2009 in the town of Claridge, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. During the town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there. No one is sure what it is or how it's transmitted, but as people start to behave strangely, and others turning up dead, fear spawns into panic. The town is shut down as government authori... (Full plot summary below)
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This "found-footage" film is set in 2009 in the town of Claridge, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. During the town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there. No one is sure what it is or how it's transmitted, but as people start to behave strangely, and others turning up dead, fear spawns into panic. The town is shut down as government authorities confiscate video footage from every media or personal source they find, in an effort to cover-up the incident. But one local reporter who witnessed the epidemic, was able to document, assemble, and hide this film in hopes that one day, the horrible truth would be revealed . . .
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| The GuardianDavid CoxLevinson has always been acutely interested in the minutiae of human behaviour, and it's this concern that makes The Bay the triumph that it is. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongSometimes Levinson goes with a less-is-more approach, sometimes he pours on the buckets of blood, but he definitely is digging the creepiness. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOne hell of a creepy little eco-horror picture. |
| NPRJeannette CatsoulisThis astonishingly effective environmental nightmare is based on reasoning that, if you've been following the science, seems all too possible. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe result is surprisingly satisfying, like "Jaws" for the YouTube/Skype era. |
| RedEyeMatt PaisJoins Jaws and Open Water on the shortlist of films that can make you really, really uncomfortable about going in the water. |
| ScreenCrushMatt SingerYou don't need to be a germaphobe to feel shivers down your spine. |
| Cleveland Plain DealerClint O'ConnorThe gross-out jolts are there, and the cautionary eco-fears. But it's just not that thrilling. |
| Film School RejectsLuke MullenThe Bay's new spin on the found footage film works very well. Let's hope it becomes the rule and not the exception. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanThe Bay works as both horror and environmental activism. This is a fright flick with a purpose. |
