Rating of
3/4
You don't want to know what's in "The Bay".
Indyfreak - wrote on 12/27/14
Barry Levinson takes a break from star-studded dramas and comedies to direct this creepy and intriguing found-footage horror movie. Now I know what you're thinking: "Oh great another one of those wannabe Blair Witch Projects?".
It's true that it's not breaking new ground but it is having a ball with the premise that agricultural runoff is transforming the Chesapeake Bay into a haven for supersized parasitic invertebrates. Their gross-out capability is biting people's tongues off and laying eggs in the stomach. There is actually a real-life isopod that does this but it's perfectly harmless.
Made on what looks like a shoestring budget, "The Bay" does show that entertainment value takes good old-fashioned storytelling and the patience to follow through with it once it comes to genre film-making.
