Binge Movie Aftertaste – M Night Shyamalan Retrospective w/ Matthew Goudreau and Michael Guarnieri: The Happening (2008)

Manoj Nelliyattu, "M. Night" Shyamalan has had one of Hollywood's most interesting stories that could well have come from one of his scripts. After two independent movies which amounted to little success, Shyamalan set the world afire with 1999's The Sixth Sense, which took critics off guard, gathering six Academy Award nominations and rolling to an almost $700 million box office take, making it the most successful horror film all the way until 2017, when It finally knocked it off. But after a financial and critical success such as that, where do you go from there? Join myself, Matt, and the returning Michael Guarnieri as we take the journey to answering that question, which we begin with The Sixth Sense and will eventually lead to Shyamalan's new film Old, scheduled for release this July. In 1999, Shyamalan made arguably his most famous movie with The Sixth Sense. In 2008, he made his most infamous movie, and that movie was The Happening. Originally conceived by Shyamalan as his first R rated film, the movie has come under almost universal derision from critics and audiences around the world, including those who run this site. But is it actually underrated? Join myself, Matt, and Mike as we discuss the movie that somehow made the name M Night Shyamalan into an even bigger punchline around the world. The Happening (2008) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10) CLICK ABOVE TO LISTEN NOW! Subscribe to Binge Cast on iTunes