"THE SIGNAL" (2007) reviews/reactions thread

[mr.markster]

I think this was a really good movie. I rented it first because I knew it was a low- budget film and was fearing the absolute worst. I enjoyed it so much that I went out the next day and purchased a BD version of it. Although PQ is definitely not demo- worthy, it is still superior to the SD transfer.

While I can see why people may not like it, I think it's best horror movie to be made in the last few years, and is definitely the most original horror movie made in awhile. Over the last 10 years or so, horror movies have generally fallen into 3 trendy categories that have long outlived their usefulness:

1) Americanized versions of Japanese (and other foreign) horror movies
("The Ring," "The Grudge," "The Strangers" (American remake of
the superior French movie "Them,") etc.
2) Rehashing of classic horror movies ("The Omen," "Halloween,"
"The Hitcher," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Hills Have Eyes," etc)
Majority of the remakes were remarkably bad, but "Hills Have Eyes"
was good.
3) Torture Porn (All 27 "Saw" movies, "Hostel," "Wolf Creek," etc)
(great at first, but now rehashing the same stuff over and
over again and offers little to no plot development)

I put "The Signal" in the same category of other low- budget (yet original and well made) movies such as "Cabin Fever," "Shaun of the Dead," "Dog Soldiers" and my personal fave- "The Descent" (which is incredible on BD, by the way!) Overall, highly recommended!