Found footage of the two oceanographers’ research reveals scientific evidence shedding light into what ultimately takes place in the innocent town of Claridge. The first signs that something is wrong in Chesapeake Bay date back six weeks prior the July Fourth weekend, when the bodies of two oceanographers studying pollution in Chesapeake Bay are discovered, their cause of death unknown. Claridge is a small town of 6,200 residents, and life is slow and uneventful – little do the unsuspecting residents and tourists realize the horror that is about to befall them.
Donna interviews the town Mayor, tourists, and even the Miss Crustacean beauty pageant winner, who stands proudly donning her crown. We see children laughing and families enjoying everything the small town has to offer – music, games, swimming, and boating, it’s a happy-go-lucky laid-back atmosphere. We learn that the found footage presented during the mockumentary was obtained by a website that leaked the information to the public.ĭonna’s story starts innocently enough, following the festivities of the 2009 Fourth of July weekend. Donna’s narration is supported by a plethora of archival footage captured by news crews, residents, tourists, security cameras, and official government and emergency communications. At the outset of The Bay, Donna is visibly shaken with the prospect of revisiting the horrific events that unfolded during that tragic weekend, but she soldiers on and tells her story. The mockumentary is narrated by Donna Thompson (Kether Donohue), who at the time of the alleged incident was a student reporter working for a local television station covering the Fourth of July festivities in the small town. These daunting images set the stage for what is about to befall the residents and tourists in the once serene town of Claridge that sits on the peaceful shoreline of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
The Bay opens with a dizzying montage of news footage from some well known networks, including the likes of CNN, highlighting prior environmental disasters that resulted in mass fish and bird kills over recent years. The film is a mockumentary detailing the events that lead to a marine-borne pathogen outbreak that consumes a small town on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland during the bustling 2009 Fourth of July weekend.
“The Bay” is a found footage horror mockumentary directed by Barry Levinson, written by Barry Levinson and Michael Wallach, and produced by Jason Blum (Blumhouse Productions).
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