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The Full Trailer For THE SIGNAL Is Being Sounded!

Published at:  Dec 21, 2007 12:15:32 AM CST

Hey folks, Harry here... As the year is beginning to wrap up and we here at AICN are pulling together our lists, a film that I'm considering seriously putting high in my top ten of 2007 is THE SIGNAL. This is an incredibly intimate, yet grand film about what it's like to go through the end of civilization... as we know it. THE SIGNAL isn't strictly the most original of films - it shares motifs with Matheson, Romero, King and others... but ya know... I'd argue that cinematically... dramatically... this group of very young and under-financed filmmakers not only nailed it, but did so with style, flourish, intelligence emotion and panache that we haven't seen combined this well, perhaps ever.

Quint saw this film in January this year at Sundance, then I saw it at midnight during SXSW - and it has been one of those films that I've been waiting for it to come out so it could get all of you - as well. It's due out towards the end of February 2008, and the full length trailer has just popped up in Glorious Quicktime at Apple. So check it out and get ready for horror like you haven't seen in ages. This is something altogether new in how it is played out and performed. Brilliant work.


THE SIGNAL is sounding, can you keep it under control?



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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:15:25 PM CST

    Hello

    by abovo

  • Dec 20, 2007 11:20:42 PM CST

    rip off?

    by bootle2

    Sounds like a big rip off of that stephen king book, cell or something. Of course, who knows where king ripped THAT off of...

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:22:56 PM CST

    It's a straight up rip-off...

    by stone cold killa

    of Cell by Stephen King. That's some lazy film making. So it's a "triptych" or whatever the fuck you want to call it. It's a rip off. How super lame can you get? And the poster's horrible, too. Where's the whalemanpiglice to bite the head off the Ambercrombie & Fitch models when you need him?

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:24:29 PM CST

    skywalkerfamily

    by stone cold killa

    Do you own one of those "Joss Whedon Is My Master Now!" t-shirts? I'll bet you do.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:26:06 PM CST

    Looks Good...

    by slicer

    and the trailer has all those quick edits and shaky cam stuff that just means it's gotta be good...FOR ME TO POOP ON!

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:26:50 PM CST

    Man

    by series7

    I thought this movie died. I remember hearing about it forever ago and seeing a trailer. Then I saw one again recently on a DVD and I was like alright its coming to DVD soon. Now even better its gonna come out in probably 4 theaters, and none of them near me. So I'll have to wait even longer for it to be out on DVD. Pain in the ass.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:28:37 PM CST

    skywalkerfamily: honestly....

    by playkins

    What the fuck does Serenity have to do with this? Are you just trolling, because there is 100% nothing further from Firefly than this movie.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:33:56 PM CST

    "The future of horror..."-aintitcool.com

    by stone cold killa

    So, which article did they get that pull quote, exactly? Was it one of Quint's?

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:35:46 PM CST

    Seriously Harry?

    by lsleelee

    "we HEAR at aicn" ? Seriously? Seriously?

    I just registered just so I could say jesus f-in christ learn to spell and punctuate sentences.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:38:11 PM CST

    It's not a ripoff of CELL

    by kraken

    The movie was in production when CELL came out. You're speaking out of ignorance SCK.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:39:29 PM CST

    Then it's an unfortunate coincidence, Krakey.

    by stone cold killa

    No wonder it exists and King allows it to.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:39:59 PM CST

    ...and we HERE at AICN...

    by squashua

    Synonyms.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:40:36 PM CST

    seriously

    by badmrwonka

    I like the folksy charm of Harry's semi-literate writing as much as the next guy, but this sentence is really like nails on a chalkboard to me, as a former english teacher:"As the year is beginning to wrap up and we hear at AICN are pulling together our lists a film that I'm considering seriously putting high in my top ten of 2007 is THE SIGNAL."It's got misplaced words, misspelled words, incorrect grammar, missing punctuation...it's got it all!in fact, it's so poorly written, that it's entertaining in and of itself, and so I think in that sense, it's a success. it's like The Rock!

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:41:41 PM CST

    So, when did the Signal begin production?

    by stone cold killa

    Exactly? And please list your source or sources.

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  • Dec 20, 2007 11:43:38 PM CST

    BadMrWonka

    by stone cold killa

    You oughta check out the @$$hole's comic book reviews. Full of entertaining mistakes, fallacies and typos.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:04:48 AM CST

    Can't stop the signal!

    by browncoatjedi

    Joss Whedon owns your sorry ass.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:05:26 AM CST

    Signal before Cell

    by backstage larry

    I caught this yesterday and at SXSW and it really is terrffic. Also as far as the whole it being a rip off of The Cell, this movie wrapped production before Cell was released.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:38:48 AM CST

    Plagarism. Or not.

    by tourist

    The Signal concept was formed around fall 2005 (http://lindaburnssundance.blogspot.com/2007/01/ive-landed-in-park-cityhot-damn.html) and The Cell by King was published January 06. So, there you go.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:51:02 AM CST

    SPOOK-A-BLAST!

    by montessaurus

    Unless it combines the fun of Evil Dead 2 minus the gore, I'm not there.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:57:11 AM CST

    I thought of Serenity too..

    by triceratops on fire

    Just sayin'

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  • Dec 21, 2007 12:57:36 AM CST

    One of the best...

    by theenemy8

    horror movies of the past decade. really good. saw this at SXSW and it did not suck. it's not perfect. the ending ruffles a few feathers, but there aren't very many lame "fake" scares, the characters are awesome and are entangled in the action...it's great.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 1:31:04 AM CST

    Ummm...

    by that 70s venom

    ... I actually want to see this. It looks good. So fuck all you naysaying bastards.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 1:37:44 AM CST

    Deja Vu

    by phategod1

    This reminds me of 28 days late meets that crappy movie starring Christen Bell about monsters in PC's whop cant come threw black tape.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 1:43:26 AM CST

    who Can't come through Black Tape

    by phategod1

    and 28 days Later.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 2:07:37 AM CST

    Wow, that trailer is terrible. Sorry.

    by wyld stallyns rules

    Hope the movie is good in a Ringueight days later sort of way.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 2:12:48 AM CST

    HARRY, IF YOU WANT TO SEE A FILM ABOUT THE END OF CIVILIZATION

    by bringingsexyback

    I highly recommend a documentary called END OF SUBURBIA. I don't know about y'all, but I'm gonna start growing vegetables on the roof for food.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 2:37:42 AM CST

    The SIgnal...on DVD Everywhere February 21st!

    by retroactive

    because no one saw it in the theatre!


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  • Dec 21, 2007 2:57:57 AM CST

    THIS IS A REMAKE. HERE'S THE ORIGINAL:

    by partnerrumble@gmail.com

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3Hxve3RH0

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  • Dec 21, 2007 4:24:03 AM CST

    SCHIZO PORN

    by fernby

    the kind of film that would have a home in an ass-ylum. looks like another 28 Days Later clone to me.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 4:26:18 AM CST

    DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY

    by fernby

    sorry, always wanted to say that.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 4:28:43 AM CST

    It's the future of horror!

    by iowa snot client

    Hey, I wanna blurb too!

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  • Dec 21, 2007 5:36:36 AM CST

    screening

    by softmicro

    There was a screening of this movie where i work at, we're actually giving (forcing) passes on people to watch this movie.. don't know no one ever heard of this movie 'till today.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 5:38:07 AM CST

    the nadir of western civilization

    by ironic_name

    courtesy, aicn.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 5:40:49 AM CST

    Phategod1

    by the llama

    The movie you're thinking of is PULSE. And the premise of this flick does sound very, VERY similar.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 5:48:16 AM CST

    It shouldn't really matter if a film's premise...

    by cameron1

    is similar to something else. There's very very little original material around and just because something is original doesn't make it good or more worthy than something archetypal. If the film has good acting, scary bits and is visually dynamic that's really all that should matter.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 6:05:02 AM CST

    Snakes on a Plane

    by shan

    VIETNAMESE airport officials discovered a cargo of 700 live snakes on a Thai Airways flight from Indonesia but destroyed them after no one claimed them.

    "The snakes were alive when they were found in the cargo," a quarantine officer at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport said. "Seven hundred snakes were later destroyed when no one claimed ownership."

    The reptiles were found on December 19 in a container that arrived on flight TG 682 from Indonesia.

    Accompanying paperwork identified the content as "live fish", the state-run Vietnam News Agency said.

    Sorry, just wanted to share that.

    But see, truth can be stranger than fiction, maybe one day our mobile phones *could* try to kill us.

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  • For reals.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 6:22:42 AM CST

    Oh, and "here" and "hear" are homophones, not synonyms.

    by creasybear

    Don't forget the fractions test later today, and clean your desks before you leave for Christmas Break.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 7:25:13 AM CST

    Saw this at Sundance last year...

    by skinjob69

    Good story, with plenty of gore and humor. I remember some pretty cool overhead shots of chaos in city streets below (which is a pretty amazing feat for a film of this budget).
    I liked it quite a bit, but one criticism may be that the film is uneven. There are 3 sub-sections to the movie, each done by a different director. The sections are separate; they do not overlap at all. They use the same actors in each, but the style and tone of each section is different: 1) the first part develops the "signal" and what it does to people (basically makes them uninhibited and very violent/pissed-off). This part is a traditional zombie/disaster story, 2) the second section occurs completely in an apartment. Humorous tone, as a yuppie couple are in complete denial about the disaster going on outside. Despite all the weird shit happening they continue to put on their New Year's party. This part was more Shaun of the Dead, I thought, and 3) The last section was a more serious/bleak part; don't want to give away any spoilers but it was more 28 days later in feel.
    So basically it was a zombie/ disaster film in three parts, each fairly different from the others. If people are ok with the potpourri style, it does have some great part, but the three sections do not add up to a coherent/synergistic whole. No doubt folks will have a favorite/least favorite section depending on their taste in movies.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 7:39:24 AM CST

    Videodrome?

    by clint-o

    That's what I was thinking when I watched the trailer.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 7:40:38 AM CST

    Can we get a "Proper Grammar" section . . .

    by nice marmot

    . . . so you tools can discuss grammar and spelling while we discuss cool shit?

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  • Dec 21, 2007 9:10:40 AM CST

    Hey Douchebags! Use the correct timeline!

    by landrvr1

    King began The Cell on December 30, 2004. He finished it on October 17, 2005.

    Golly, the concept for Signal began in Fall of 2005! Holy Coincidence, Batman!

    Can anyone say, 'leak'?

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  • Dec 21, 2007 10:15:43 AM CST

    The best trailer

    by smackfu

    and in my opinion, one of the most effective and unsettling trailers I've ever seen, is this one:
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLnUcuy6078

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  • Dec 21, 2007 11:40:06 AM CST

    fuck you guys

    by kroenen2688

    this movie is not a rip off. I know the people that worked on it and the filmmakers came up with the idea well before Cell came out or was even started on.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 5:40:57 PM CST

    Oh, haven't see that before...

    by sg7

    ...really. Looks terribly original.

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  • Dec 21, 2007 7:08:31 PM CST

    alright...

    by nogimmick

    i'll give it a shot when it hits DVD...my theatre PROBABLY isn't going to get it.

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  • Dec 22, 2007 9:56:35 AM CST

    stolen from x-files

    by krycek08

    in case you people forgot

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  • Dec 22, 2007 4:49:17 PM CST

    Looks awesome

    by egyptian gumbo

    The trailer looks awesome. I can't wait to see it. This is going to be huge for sci fi fans for sure!

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  • Dec 26, 2007 4:51:28 PM CST

    Saw it and it sucked

    by eleikus

    Saw this a week and a half ago at a premiere. The storyline sucks, the bits of comedy are awkward and misplaced and the ending leaves you completely clueless. A lame ripoff of 28 days later (which I liked a lot)- especially the bleak grainy action scenes and the music choices. See it if you want, but I really thought it sucked and I'm a huge fan of zombie/horror movies.

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  • Dec 26, 2007 9:59:40 PM CST

    no subject

    by seasofmike

    I also thought the trailer is intriguing. I am looking forward to seeing it when it is released!

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  • Dec 27, 2007 12:00:03 AM CST

    no subject

    by tokyoeye

    i actually think this looks amazing! i've heard only good things about it. can't wait!!!

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  • Dec 27, 2007 9:03:04 PM CST

    no subject

    by kimporter1.1

    I heard alot of good things about this project as well. I don't know why everyone is so hyped up on whether or not the concept was done before. There aren't any new concepts anymore just different ways of presenting them. with that said I can't wait to see it.

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  • Dec 29, 2007 5:57:53 PM CST

    Yo, seasofmike, tokyoeye,and kimporter...

    by skinjob69

    What's with the lack of subject lines, you 3? Never seen your screen-names here before either Plants? Umm- yeah. These postings didn't help the cause, but best of luck with the release, you guys (and girl)-


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