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The crazy-making static in The Signal is actually just making people act on impulses they already feel, say directors David Bruckner and Jacob Gentry. And some of the weirdest moments in the techno-horror movie come from people struggling to act civilized while the Signal messes them up. We talked to two out of three directors of The Signal, and found out their plans for continuing the story. Click through for shocking secrets (and minor spoilers). More »
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The Signal is more than just a horror show about technology going out of control, it's also about the seductiveness of techno-chaos. The mysterious transmission that takes over electronic devices at midnight on New Year's Eve turns every other person into a murderous psychopath, but also seems to dispense ecstasy, judging from this newly released trailer. The final shot, of the main female character clutching the headphones to her bruised head and swaying with rapture, is pretty haunting. [ShockTillYouDrop] More »
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Some movies radiate their awesomeness backwards in time as well as forwards. You practically have memories of enjoying films that haven't come out yet, the anticipation is so great. Other movies are so horrible, the pain travels back in time and becomes your childhood trauma. Here are the 2008 movies that are already thrilling and horrifying us: More »
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A man claiming to be Superman meets a struggling documentary film-maker... and she decides to exploit the hell out of him. That's the premise of The Man Who Was Superman, a Korean movie coming Jan. 31. Cynical, hard-living Soo-jung Song makes a film mocking the crazy guy who thinks he's Superman, and it becomes a huge hit. Then it turns out he may actually be right (see some on-set flying pics.) Let's hope it's closer to Storytelling than to the annoyingly screwball Save The Green Planet. Meanwhile, here are some spoilers for The Signal, Star Trek, Smallville, Lost and Jericho: More »
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The Signal is an upcoming flick (Feb 2008) about a TV signal that gives you "the crazy" and makes you murder people in creative ways that Hostel director Eli Roth could only dream of. Directed by three different people working in the low-budget, buckets-of-ironic-blood style popularized by Roth, The Signal follows in the footsteps of movies like David Cronenberg's memorable Videodrome, and the please-can-we-forget movie Pulse, both of which wonder what would happen if mass media signals from TV, computers, and cell phones started reprogramming our brains and turning us into mindless killers. (Or mindless sexual submissives who want to be killed, in the case of Videodrome, which has an amazing scene with Deborah Harry and a hat pin.) The Signal got rave reviews earlier this year at Sundance, and it looks to be a stylish shocker with a healthy dose of social satire. Jump below the fold for a peek at the trailer. More »
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