--- title: M. Night Shyamalan Movie The Happening Gets Honest Trailer description: Why is this happening? canonical: https://time.com/4026271/honest-trailer-m-night-shyamalan-the-happening/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-09T14:29:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:26.443Z og:title: Watch the Honest Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Happening' og:description: Why is this happening? og:url: https://time.com/4026271/honest-trailer-m-night-shyamalan-the-happening/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf94d6bd39b7527bc/698862a9428a9e0fb7ccf00f/screen-shot-2015-09-09-at-15-27-33.png?branch=production&width=674&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 674 og:image:height: 379 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-09-09 at 15.27.33 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Honest Trailer for M. 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You know, the “laugh-out-loud comedy of 2008 that was supposed to be a horror movie?” The film in which “Mark Wahlberg delivers a Donny Wahlberg level of performance,” at least according to Honest Trailers who turned their gimlet eyes on the movie. Shyamalan is returning to theaters this week with a new found footage horror flick called, _The Visit_, which was a good enough reason for [Screen Junkies](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpcACMWblDls9Z6GERVi1A) (the team behind Honest Trailers) to take a look back at the apocalyptic movie that starred Wahlberg as a teacher who noticed that something was “happening” — a thought that gets repeated a lot in the film. As usual, the Honest Trailer takes a searingly frank look at the movie, which is considered a clunker in Shyamalan’s catalog. 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