Vanishing on 7th Street is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic thriller film directed by Brad Anderson[1] and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandiwe Newton and John Leguizamo.

[2] Paul, a projectionist in a Detroit theater, is reading about the 16th century disappearance of the Roanoke Colony when the lights suddenly go 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.

He reaches his television station, also abandoned, and finds a recording which shows his girlfriend vanishing on air when the lights go out.

He finds a bar powered by a portable generator, where the bartender's young son, James Leary, waits alone.

Paul tells them about the mystery of the Roanoke Colony, where over a hundred settlers disappeared overnight, and they seem to be experiencing the same thing.

With the generator failing and Paul needing medical help, Luke suggests going to Chicago, having seen the live video feed.

As they leave the church, they encounter a police horse eating spilled apples on the ground and decide to take it to Chicago.

[4] The film is the eighth from director Brad Anderson[5] and features Hayden Christensen, Thandiwe Newton and John Leguizamo in the lead roles.

[9] The Los Angeles Times review states, "Writer Anthony Jaswinski's understated script starts with a belief that to frighten, you don't need to actually show the things that go bump in the night.

While The New York Times, for instance, praised Anderson's direction, it faulted the story for having a promising start only to stumble later, finally culminating with a disappointing ending.