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The Signal
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 10, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: Magnolia Home Ent

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 9,739
Rating: 3/4 -- A movie that explores the common ground between visceral horror and sketch comedy, and finds plenty of it. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 22, 2008
Rating: 2.5/4 -- It's definitely an interesting premise and the three filmmakers almost pull it off, but the last ten minutes were a bit of a disappointment to me.
Sin Magazine
Jul 22, 2008
Rating: 1.5/4 -- It doesn't take long for the The Signal's promising beginning to fade into a haze that leaves the viewer exhausted and irritated. Full Review
ReelViews
Feb 22, 2008
[Bruckner's] section is superb, with affecting performances, a sense of dread reminiscent of John Carpenter's 'Prince of Darkness' and many striking images.
New York Times
Feb 23, 2008
The schlock-horror signal in which they've been bathed makes them believe that their grindhouse misogyny is the human condition. Full Review
New York Magazine/Vulture
Oct 17, 2018
This is much more than a typical genre piece; it's a sort of hip, almost punk, combination of drama, science-fiction and horror. Full Review
ESplatter
Jul 16, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- The film is both an impressive "calling card" work for the filmmakers and a failure as an actual film. Full Review
CinemaBlend
Jun 15, 2008

Product Description:

Much like 28 DAYS LATER, THE SIGNAL is a zombie film in disguise asking the question, "What would you do if everyone suddenly turned psychotic'" Conceived by Atlanta filmmakers Jacob Gentry, Dan Bush, and David Bruckner as an exercise in which each would write and direct one of three acts, the result is an experimental and apocalyptic horror tale with a for-fans-by-fans mentality that is cerebral and visceral, both disturbing and thought-provoking. In the first segment, it is New Year's Eve in the city of Terminus, and Mya (Anessa Ramsey) has just begun an extramarital affair with Ben (Justin Welborn). As she leaves his apartment, he turns on the television to witness a noisy and colorful swirl. The mysterious transmission affects all television, radio, and cell phone signals, causing normal citizens to transform into bloodthirsty killers. By the time Mya reaches her apartment, her building is littered with corpses, and her husband, Lewis (A.J. Bowen), shows the first signs of the condition, causing Mya to flee for safety. Part two is a bleak domestic comedy in which Lewis, searching for his wife, invades the home of a young couple preparing for a party only to kill several potential guests. In the final segment, Ben and Lewis traverse an intensely chaotic landscape in a race to find Mya.

With this artful and hard-hitting creation, Gentry, Bush, and Bruckner, have tried to cover all the bases, right down to an amusingly grotesque RE-ANIMATOR homage in the final act. Though clearly a low-budget production (we never see destruction on a very wide scale), the film overcomes such limitations with an intensity that lasts throughout the duration, and the cast of unknowns enhances the creepiness of the proceedings. Right from its opening sequence--a creepy film-within-a-film--THE SIGNAL establishes itself as one for horror aficionados.

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  • Sales Rank: 44,606
  • UPC: 876964001045
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