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The Signal (2007) -- This is the U.S. theatrical trailer for The Signal, directed by David Bruckner.
The Signal (2007) -- Clip: Are you mad at me for killing your friend?
The Signal (2007) -- A horror film told in three parts from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers.
The Signal (2007) -- A horror film told in three parts from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers.
The Signal (2007) -- A horror film told in three parts from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission which invades every cell phone, radio and TV, turning people into killers.

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Writers:
David Bruckner (screenplay) &
Jacob Gentry (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 July 2008 (Italy) more
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Do you have the crazy? more
Plot:
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. | full synopsis
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2 nominations more
User Reviews:
Refreshing Horror Tale more (82 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anessa Ramsey ... Mya Denton
Sahr Ngaujah ... Rod (as Sahr)

AJ Bowen ... Lewis Denton
Matthew Stanton ... Jerry (as Matt Stanton)
Suehyla El-Attar ... Janice

Justin Welborn ... Ben Capstone

Cheri Christian ... Anna

Scott Poythress ... Clark

Christopher Thomas ... Ken
Lindsey Garrett ... Laura
Chad McKnight ... Jim Parsons (as Chadrian McKnight)

Claire Bronson ... Sightless Woman
David Bruckner ... Screaming Man (as Dave Bruckner)
Dan Bush ... Screaming Man
John Clifton ... Maintenance Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La transmisión (Mexico) [es]
O Sinal (Brazil) (DVD title) [pt]
Signal (Italy) [it]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and brief nudity.
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103 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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The entire film was made and filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. more
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Continuity: The amount of blood on Lewis and Ben's faces continually changes from scene to scene. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ben: What was that? That was strange.
Mya Denton: [in bed] Come back.
Ben: The TV turned itself on.
Mya Denton: [reaching out] Come back.
Ben: Okay.
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References Resident Evil (2002) more

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11 out of 16 people found the following review useful.
Refreshing Horror Tale, 22 February 2009
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maya Denton (Anessa Ramsey) has a love affair with her beloved lover Ben (Justin Welborn) that invites her to leave her husband Lewis (AJ Bowen) and Terminus City, meeting him in the Terminal 13 of the local station. Maya decides to go back home and finds a wounded man and his attacker in the parking area nearby Ben's house. When she arrives at home, she sees Lewis discussing with his friends Jerry (Matt Stanton) and Rod (Sahr Nguajah). When Lewis hits Jerry with a baseball bat on the head, Maya runs to the house of her next door neighbor Janice (Suehyla El-Attar) and realizes that the dwellers of her building have gone paranoid and crazy in an outburst of violence and hallucinations through the transmission and waves of television, cell phones and radios, feeling the need to kill.

"The Signal" is a refreshing horror tale that slightly uses the idea of mass control through television and cellular of "Videodrome" and "Pulse", leaving a message about the brain damage caused by the subtle message of television and excessive use of cellular. The plot is disclosed in three parts: "Transmission I: Crazy in Love", which is scary and the best one; "Transmission II: The Jealousy Monster" that is a boring dark humor comedy that does not work well in the context; and "Transmission III: Escape from Terminus" that returns to the main theme and has a good conclusion. The acting is great and the depressive cinematography gives a special climate to this good story. My vote is seven.

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