From the get go we have a slight reference to "Blair Witch Project", and if you're tired of watching movies self recorded, you can already turn it off after five minutes or less. "The Bay" has a documentary feeling; Stephanie is a former reporter that taped everything that happened in the town when a plague or something like that came and wiped out the population. Interesting to see such horrifying injuries in the inhabitants; I felt distressed while watching the drama and pain those people were facing. The main disease reminds the audience of popular movies like "Quarentena" and 2010's "The Crazies", but for some reasons, it sometimes feels original and unique. Director Barry Levinson is able to actually SCARE the spectator with a simply story-- I jumped out of my couch in the last scenes. Also, the sad way Kristen Connolly portrays her character gives more credibility to the plot and to the movie as a whole. In the end, albeit this movie doesn't bring anything specially new to the genre, it's an interesting picture of horror to enjoy with a pinch of reality. Give it a try.
