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Mya has been
really miserable in her marriage lately
and have found comfort in Ben, a man who loves Mya more
than anything else in the whole wide world. One night
when Mya gets back home after having spent the evening
with Ben, her life is turned upside down. A strange
signal has taken over all electronic devices and is
turning people into raving maniacs, including her
jealous husband. Will Mya and Ben get their happy ending
or will the signal put a stop to it?
The transmission is loud and clear; this is a fantastic
horror movie! What a terrific idea for a horror film;
a signal that turns people into serial killers. We all
know that various frequencies CAN affect us in one way
or the other, but to come up with an idea like this is
just genius. Borrowing a little from the brilliant
horror thriller "Return in Red", which passed under the
radar a while back and was sent straight to DVD, The
Signal is a terrifying love story filled with misery
and pain in all the ways that you can imagine. With all
the torture porn being released these days, it takes a
lot to make a truly disturbing horror flick that will
even impress the most jaded horror fan. Well, The Signal
may not be very disturbing, nor is it a torture porn
flick but there were scenes in this movie that I had
a difficult time watching since they were so powerful.
Not because they were graphic but because we get to
know and love every single character that's introduced
throughout the movie - except for the psychotic husband
obviously but that's a different story.
I was surprised to see that this movie cost more than
5 million dollars to make because it really doesn't look
very expensive and that really works in favour of the
movie. It feels real. It feels like this could really
happen. Sure, we're not given a plausible explanation
as to where the signal is coming from or who's
transmitting it all over America - but I never really
felt like I needed an explanation. Why? Because that's
not the point of the movie. The point is that we get
to follow normal people in a terrifying situation. Had
we been in this situation, we probably couldn't care
less about the questions that we don't get any answers
to in this movie. The Signal is a fast-paced and
exhilarating horror flick which not only has intense
terror and some really suspenseful scenes in it but
also gets pretty funny along the way. There are no
real jokes and the humour is very dark and subtle but
man did it ever crack me up.
My favourite scene in the movie is when a sex-fanatic
enters the picture, now this guy is so funny that
I really wish that he would have stayed through the
entire film. Anyway, I didn't have high expectations
for The Signal and I can honestly say that this movie
blew me away. It's the horror movie that we've all
been waiting for and definitely one of the best horror
films to come out of America in quite some time. Too
bad that it didn't receive a wide theatrical release
because if you're a horror fan - I can almost guarantee
that you will fall in love with this film. Take a dash
of Severance and a dash of Return In Red and you have
an extremely entertaining horror flick which pulls no
stops. This one is NOT to be missed people! I can't
stress it enough, I'm really impressed by this movie.
A decapitated head, nails in an arm and a whole lot
more but nothing really that graphical to be honest
with you. A lot of blood splatter though.
Terrific score that suits the movie perfectly and the
rock music wasn't too bad either. Well done.
An outstanding horror movie, severely better than
most American-made theatrical horror flicks. I'm very
impressed. This movie has everything, it has horror,
it has suspense, it has emotions and it even has a
dash of comedy in it. Not to be missed.
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