The film The Happening takes a different approach on the typical natural disaster film. In this film plants take revenge on human society through releasing neurotoxins into the air which makes people go crazy, resulting in death. This gruesome approach evokes an unusual feeling towards nature in cinema.
This film is interesting for green media scholars because it uses unusual framing, as theoretisized by John Parham. The film creates thrillling sequences of treebranches and windnoises in order to make the audience aware of the luring danger of nature. This film takes an original take on the natural disaster film genre. An analysis on this film can create discourse on the effects of horror on creating awareness on the climate crisis.