Vanishing on 7th Street
2010 film by Brad Anderson
Vanishing on 7th Street is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandiwe Newton and John Leguizamo.
Plot
Paul, a projectionist in a Detroit theater, is reading about the 16th-century disappearance of the Roanoke Colony when the lights suddenly go out. He finds that all the staff and patrons have vanished, leaving only their clothes behind. He comes across a security guard holding a flashlight; as Paul had a headlamp on for his reading, they deduce that people holding sources of light are protected against whatever dwells in the darkness. Upon hearing a sound in a department store, the guard investigates when his flashlight goes out, and he vanishes. As Paul hears the guard cry out, his headlamp also goes out. The scene changes to a hospital where a woman in scrubs, Rosemary, frantically looks for anyone left alive and continuously calls for a child named Manny.
The following morning, TV reporter Luke Ryder wakes to find the power out. Leaving his apartment, the downtown streets are empty except for abandoned cars and piles of clothing. He reaches his television station, also abandoned, and finds a recording that shows his girlfriend vanishing on air when the lights go out.
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