The Happening ambitiously attempts to refresh old subgenres. It would like to be The Birds. It would like to be Night of the Living/Dawn of the Dead. But without the boldness of high concept, and without actors who can really sell its overly tangled and abstract threat, The Happening doesn’t ever quite happen.
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The Birds (Collector's Edition)
AS BEAUTIFUL BLONDE MELANIE DANIELS ROLLS INTO BODEGA BAY IN PURSUIT OF ELIGIBLE BACHELOR MITCH BRENNER, SHE IS INEXPLICABLY ATTACKED BY A SEAGULL. SUDDENLY THOUSANDS OF BIRDS ARE FLOCKING INTO TOWN, ...
Night of the Living Dead
"The granddaddy of modern flesh-eating zombies" (Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle), George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead still sets the standard for all indie fright flicks. ...
Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/07/2004
Jaws (Widescreen Anniversary Collector's Edition)
Them! (Snap Case)
Night of the Lepus
Attack of the Crab Monsters
The Swarm
Frogs
Dog Soldiers
The Sixth Sense (Two-Disc Vista Series)
Unbreakable (Two-Disc Vista Series)
Signs (Vista Series)
The Andromeda Strain
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