The Signal (2007/I)

Directors:

David Bruckner
Dan Bush

Writers:

David Bruckner (screenplay) &
Jacob Gentry (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 July 2008 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Do you have the crazy?

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Gore | Police Officer Killed | Pesticide | Male Nudity

Cast

Robin Acker	...	Random Body
Jeff Adelman	...	Random Body
J. Howard Bach	...	Deranged People
Ben Bailey	...	Random Bodies
Becky Ballard	...	Deranged People
Ngozi Lamar Beane	...	Stuggling People / Bodies
Biluxi	...	Standing People
AJ Bowen	...	Lewis Denton
Riley Brock	...	Random Body
Claire Bronson	...	Sightless Woman
David Bruckner	...	Screaming Man
Jenna Burke	...	Dead People Party
Johnny Burke	...	Dead People Party
Joy Burke	...	Dead People Party
Dan Bush	...	Screaming Man
Jennifer Caldwell	...	Voice Extra
Cheri Christian	...	Anna
John Clifton	...	Maintenance Man
Terril A. Closs	...	Random Bodies
Tiffany Dennise	...	Random Bodies
Suehyla El-Attar	...	Janice
Robyn Elder	...	Standing People
Lindsey Garrett	...	Laura
Alexis Hale	...	Random Body
Nikki Hansen	...	Deaf Woman
Quillian Hightower	...	Random Bodies
Scott Hodges	...	Random Body
Marirosa Hoffman	...	Random Body
Mark Holbrook	...	Struggling People / Bodies
Lawrence Johnson	...	Stairwell Fighter
Tonya Kennedy	...	Struggling People / Bodies
Robert Lane	...	Random Bodies
Ryan Lewis	...	Screaming Man
Nicholas Lyle	...	Dead body
Tracy Martin	...	Angry woman
Angele Masters	...	Severed Woman
Chad McKnight	...	Jim Parsons
Marc McPherson	...	Man with Hammer
Stacy Melich	...	Hedgeclipper Steven's Wife
Crystal Mitchell	...	Random Body
Edward Morgan	...	Arguing Man
Alexander Motlagh	...	Chainsaw Man
Jeremy Motlagh	...	Stuggling People / Bodies
Sahr Ngaujah	...	Rod (as Sahr Nguajah)
Eric Pace	...	Stuggling People / Bodies
Kasey Perdue	...	Random Body
Scott Poythress	...	Clark
Bill Rampley	...	Random Body
Anessa Ramsey	...	Mya Denton
Melissa Randle	...	Random Bodies
Peggy Randle	...	Random Body
Kid Richmond	...	Man on Fire
Robert Sanders	...	Homeless Vet
Matthew Stanton	...	Jerry (as Matt Stanton)
Robert Sterling	...	Shot Dead
Willie Stodhill	...	Struggling People / Bodies
David Strickland	...	Random Bodies
Christopher Thomas	...	Ken
Crystal Thomas	...	Deranged People
Patrick Thompson	...	Random Bodies
Marcellus Thurman	...	Random Bodies
Tristan Towne	...	Ducttaped Woman
Jeremy Turner	...	Boy on Dirt Bike
Joseph Waldrop	...	Random Bodies
Thomas Wallis	...	Dead Boy
Jenelle Warner	...	Random Bodies
Steve Warren	...	Pajama Man
Justin Welborn	...	Ben
Steven Westdahl	...	Hedge Clipper Steven
John Wroblewski	...	Random Bodies
Pat Yeary	...	Police Woman
Heather Young	...	Random Bodies

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

POP Films

Trivia:

The opening sequence is an excerpt from "The Hap Hapgood Story," a winning entry in the 48-hour film festival directed by Jacob Gentry.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the third part of the film, when Lewis is confronting Ben in the street after Mya has driven away, a shot of Lewis clearly shows Mya's car still parked in its spot behind him.

Quotes:

Ben: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Someone actually financed this..

This movie starts like a terrible cult-like 70's style horror flick, transforms into something that actually on the subconscious level critically comments on today's society with all it's electronically transmitted influences, then slides into comedy, quickly goes back to sheer and utter gore and horror and ends up leaving the viewer really depressed. If anything, The signal is actually the only signal that transmits crazy images and makes you want to kick and scream at the director of this movie. It's so depressing, dark and senseless that the message is actually lost. The message being; we are driven to the brink of insanity by media images/ transmissions a.k.a. the signals and we knowingly commit horrible acts because of it. I am afraid the message or better yet the signal has some interference problems and does not reach its audience as intended.