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The Signal (2008)

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Release Date: February 22, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD: June 10, 2008
Genre: Horror
Director: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Writer: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Cast: A.J. Bowen, Anessa Ramsey, Cheri Christian, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Official site: signalmovie.com
Running Time: 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and brief nudity.

Imagine every cell phone, radio, and television in your city suddenly broadcasting the same mysterious signal over and over. Now imagine these "terminus" transmissions evoking violent, uncontrollable, psychotic chaos from everyone who comes in contact with them.

"The Signal" invades the minds of everyday citizens living their workaday lives and having their sordid affairs. Suddenly struck by the power of the insidious transmissions, they are compelled to kill or be killed. Complicating matters is a zombielike...

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Having just watched The Happening in theaters, I couldn't help but notice similarities to the limited release horror film The Signal. The Signal has a low budget, no recognizable actors and is by no means a masterpiece, but the three-person writing/directorial team has managed to do what M. Night Shyamalan couldn't: deliver a disturbing adventure into insanity.

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Anonymous says:

January 4, 2008

this movie sounds strangely familiar to a stepthen king novel called CELL. doesn't sound like an original idea to me. read the book than go see the cheap knock off.

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