The Signal
2007 Directed by David Bruckner, Dan Bush …
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A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
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This film is really brilliant. Relentlessly violent and darkly humourous, it grips you with a neverending sense of dread, but also touches the heart. Full of unexpected twists and turns as it moves so fast that you don't have time to see them coming.
Great performances by everyone, great direction and camerawork, this film is an instant horror classic. -
How best to describe this..A sort of Romeo & Juliet meets 28 days Later.
A tale of forbidden love, jealousy and a lot of people running around with a rage virus that infects people through electronic signals.
I found this incredibly good fun, very out there and had one of the most bizarre New Years Eve party scenes ever. A watch if you are looking for something a little bit different.
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Highly underrated Horror that really deserves far more credit. Three directors, three perspectives, three styles all around one very interesting story of a rouge signal transmitted via all technological devices that turns people into killers. The three very contrasting stories follow the same characters and main story line but are quite different in style but ultimately very complimentary. They all combine to make this a very underrated Indie Horror. Like horror? Love this.
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This movie is split up into 3 acts, each written and directed by someone else. The first act is amazing. Scary, gory, emotional. I loved it and was fully immersed in this world and this story. Then the second act hits and it's some shitty Shaun of the Dead rip off and the whole thing grinds to halt. The emotion is gone, the dread is gone, the scares are gone. All that remains is cheap goofs and boredom. Turned it off near the middle of that second story. Pretty bummed out about it. Would have liked to have seen the story play out the way it started.
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The fifth entry in my October marathon of 31 Days of Unseen Horror, in which I watch 31 horror films that I've never seen.
The Signal is a very unique and original take on a horror story, but I can't say that I found it very scary.
I guess this movie is classified as horror because of the seemingly random acts of violence that the characters commit as they are affected by a mysterious television signal. I know the line is blurry when you get into supernatural horror, but The Signal seemed more like a science fiction movie in the structure and how it unravels.
It doesn't go for the scares like a regular horror movie. I guess this can…
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A movie split into 3 parts. 1 and 3 are kinda meh and 2 is pretty funny. Reminded me overall of "Pontypool" (2008), just not as good.
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Yields a plentiful bounty of gore & unnerving hilarity, despite a massively uneven sensibility throughout.
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LSD: The Movie
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This movie has something for everyone (ok, not for people who don't like gore, they should probably stay away) - it's equal parts scary, brutal, funny and touching. I laughed, I cried, I wanted to start back at the beginning and experience it all again!
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Very interesting, and weird, and violent.
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Still fresh… though episode 3 is not as entertaining as 1 & 2.
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Highly underrated Horror that really deserves far more credit. Three directors, three perspectives, three styles all around one very interesting story of a rouge signal transmitted via all technological devices that turns people into killers. The three very contrasting stories follow the same characters and main story line but are quite different in style but ultimately very complimentary. They all combine to make this a very underrated Indie Horror. Like horror? Love this.
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The first time I watched this it was in the middle of the night, so I think the combination of lack of sleep and surprise made me love it a bit more. I still really liked it this time.
The three act structure still works well for me, especially with the well-done comedic middle.
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A movie split into 3 parts. 1 and 3 are kinda meh and 2 is pretty funny. Reminded me overall of "Pontypool" (2008), just not as good.
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For a low budget independent horror movie this is incredibly ambitious. Basically an apocalyptic love story told in three segments, by three different directors, with inter-connecting characters, all played out in a non-linear narrative structure. Got that? Good, because now you can settle back and embrace this audacious blend of graphic violence, star-crossed romance and delicious dark humour. The basic premise being that a sinister hypnotic signal beamed across television broadcasts turns the population into brainwashed, emotionless psychopaths hellbent on bloody carnage. There's obviously satirical social comment intended, yet it's the delirious direction this film frequently takes that's so endearing - what looks like it may become a formulaic end of days fable veers off into some very dark, deviant…