The Signal

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The Signal

R,

2008,

1h 41m,

Horror

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59%

71 Reviews

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58%

5,000+ Ratings

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59%

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71 Reviews

58%

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5,000+ Ratings

Mya (Anessa Ramsey) and Ben (Justin Welborn) are very much in love, but she cannot quite find the courage to leave her awful husband, Lewis (A.J. Bowen). However, when a mysterious transmission starts turning people, including Lewis, into murderous maniacs, the lovers must go on the run.

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Critics Consensus

The Signal is gruesome, funny, and has big thoughts about society, but those disparate elements fail to come together convincingly.

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

Oct 17, 2018

The schlock-horror signal in which they've been bathed makes them believe that their grindhouse misogyny is the human condition.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Dec 17, 2008

[A] cagey low-budget horror flick.

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

Feb 29, 2008

C

It's all screwball fun until someone gets bugsprayed down the throat.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 22, 2023

4/5

Like many fragmented horror stories, the experience isn't consistent from start to finish, but it succeeds more than it falls short in this ambitious infection experience.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Sep 6, 2023

3.5/4

The Signal is one of the most creative, visceral horror anthology movies in recent years—an exhausting experience where little makes logical sense. It's a disturbing procession of distorted judgment and its ensuing bloodbath.

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Dave White

Movies.com

Apr 4, 2011

4.5/5

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Feb 17, 2019

Illogical. Plot poor and ending worse. Fishburne wull obviously do any movie now.

Harry S

Jan 8, 2018

It started off great...very intriguing! Then derailed SO completely halfway through...by the end you didnt even think you were watching the same movie it was SO bad!

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Kylo G

Jul 8, 2008

excellent horror film. OFF THE WALL VIOLENCE!! Comedy.... this is one hell of a movie. It takes multiple viewings to appreciate it

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David Bruckner

Director

Jacob Gentry

Director

Dan Bush

Director

AJ Bowen

Lewis

Anessa Ramsey

Mya

Justin Welborn

Ben

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Synopsis

Mya (Anessa Ramsey) and Ben (Justin Welborn) are very much in love, but she cannot quite find the courage to leave her awful husband, Lewis (A.J. Bowen). However, when a mysterious transmission starts turning people, including Lewis, into murderous maniacs, the lovers must go on the run.

Director: David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, Dan Bush
Producer: Alexander Motlagh, Jacob Gentry
Screenwriter: David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, Dan Bush
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: POP Films, Shoreline Entertainment
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Brief Nudity|Strong Brutal Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 22, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $249.9K
Runtime: 1h 41m

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