This flick puts a pretty unique spin on the whole apocalyptic-zombie outbreak concept.
Told in three "chapters" - done by three different directors - "The Signal" intertwines a handful of people's struggle to survive against a deadly frequency that has taken over the airwaves. The mysterious signal is causing people to lose their minds, hallucinate, and murder eachother out of hysterical paranoia. The first chapter - or 'transmission', as it is referred to - follows a cheating wife who flees from her husband who goes nuts on his sports loving buddies with a baseball bat. The second part focuses on the neighbors who are throwing a New Years party when the technologically-based chaos arises. Soon, the husband and his wife's boyfriend run into eachother and they struggle to find her amidst the hypnotized populace...
"The Signal" was much more entertaining than I expected. The middle part had a nice bit of dark comedy adjoining the crazy and dizzying horror element. People are constantly losing track of who they are and who OTHER people are as the subtext of technology-enslaved minds amps up rapidly. There's a some enjoyably gory moments thrown in pretty liberally and the dark comedy element isn't overplayed. Check this one out.
This flick puts a pretty unique spin on the whole apocalyptic-zombie outbreak concept.
