The Signal Page #2

Synopsis: A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
2007
103 min
Website
297 Views


Come inside. Come inside.

Close the door.

Look, you gotta close the door.

No, no, you're safe.

Janice, there's a...

There's a man...

Stay in here.

Just stay in here.

Just stay in here.

Honey, I'll... Shh. Shh.

You're gonna be okay.

You're with me.

You're gonna be okay.

Steven, come out here now!

Steven, come over here!

Did you hear me?

Steven, help me!

Come here, come here.

Come here.

Mya?

Did you get crazy in your head?

How am I supposed to know?

Tell me.

Look me in the eyes.

Are you looking?

Look, I'm gonna pull

this duct tape off.

You make any unnecessary noises,

I... I'm gonna whack you,

do you understand?

Hm?

Huh?

Did you kill anybody

last night?

How am I supposed to know?

Tell me, I'm...

Where... Where did you go?

Where were you?

I hid in the apartment

across the hall.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I-I-I couldn't trust anybody,

I went looking for you,

I couldn't find sh*t.

Every... Everybody's either dead,

dying or completely flipped.

Mad, crazy.

Why did Lewis hurt Jerry?

Hurt? Jerry's dead, lady.

Lewis got him.

F***ing snapped.

I couldn't get any sense into him.

I got his bat and knocked him out.

I taped him up

so he couldn't hurt anybody else.

I had no choice.

Then I saw the hallway.

I've never seen

anything like that.

One out of two people just

started killing each other.

They just decided to kill people.

I mean, what... I've never killed

anybody before. What do I do?

I'm not gonna f*** around.

But, you know, what do I do?

So anybody who comes at me,

I take 'em out.

No questions asked.

Got to. Anybody.

Anybody else,

I secure and I put in a safe place.

No telling

who's gonna go crazy next.

You got to put 'em up.

I pulled the fire alarm.

I don't know why.

Maybe somebody'll come.

Maybe they won't.

Maybe they're screwed up too.

So I fight my way to the roof.

Got to see the big picture.

One's got to know,

I have to know, right?

Then I see it, in the streets.

All of Terminus,

it's happening everywhere.

People are going crazy

in their head all over.

But first it's just murder,

the crazy

kill anybody, everybody, each other.

Indiscriminate,

it looks like chaos.

But then I realized,

they're thinking.

Then I really get scared

because it's rational.

They know what they're doing.

I mean, they think it makes sense.

But it doesn't make any sense.

It's different for everybody.

Let me tell you,

they are gonna

f***ing murder the world.

And I'm thinking

they all got to die.

You know,

but I can't kill 'em all.

I'm thinking that...

That there's too many.

Maybe I'll run.

But run where?

I'm thinking...

then I get hit in the head.

Is it so bad?

You'll be fine.

F***er has a hammer.

I have a hammer go

into my head.

So I smash his face.

And I realize he's not crazy.

He thinks I'm crazy.

I'm not crazy.

He's hurt really bad,

so I finish him.

I taped up 12 people

last night.

All of them had been killed

by morning.

All but Lewis.

What do I do?

Yeah, we go. We go.

We walk out that door

and we start walking,

and we don't stop.

We don't stop.

We don't talk to anybody.

We don't draw attention

to ourselves.

We just keep walking.

And we go to my car...

We go to my car, and we get in

and we drive.

Okay?

We do this right now.

We drive?

Yeah.

Where we gonna go?

Is it safe?

Come on, Rod, keep walking.

Walk, Rod!

Hey! Roger?

Is that you?

Keep walking, Rod.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

Rod!

Maybe... Maybe she's

just confused.

Rod!

Um, do you, uh...?

- Rod!

- Do you have the crazy?

F***.

You f***ing b*tch.

You f***ing b*tch,

you f***ing b*tch!

F***.

Wait. Wait.

Wait. Wait.

Wait! Wait!

What are you...? Wait!

I got a gun.

I got shot.

I got shot, and you were gonna

leave me back there.

Put your seat belt on.

You were gonna leave me, and...

F***! Yeah, f*** right,

you were gonna leave me.

Can't trust anyone.

F***, the radio too.

Turn it off.

Rod, turn the f***ing radio off.

Do you hear that?

Do you think I wanted to kill

those people? I had to!

I'm sorry.

Goddamn it. Goddamn it!

Now I'm gonna f***ing bleed to death.

You're gonna be okay.

F***, f***, f***!

I don't wanna die like this.

You're gonna be okay, Rod.

You're lying.

You're lying to me.

We should not be out here.

We should have stayed.

I trusted you.

Please be quiet, Rod.

Look at me, you f***ing crazy b*tch.

I'm bleeding to death!

Please be quiet. Shut up!

You shot me in the stomach.

You left me to bleed

in the street.

Shut up, shut up, shut up!

I'm not saying anything.

What are you doing?

Don't leave me.

You're crazy, Rod.

Just like all those

other people.

Don't.

I don't have the crazy.

Are you okay?

Don't come near me.

I'm just trying to help.

Hey, it's not safe

out here.

I've got a place here.

You should come inside.

Where are you going?

I'm going to Terminal 13

to meet somebody

and we're gonna leave

this f***ing town

and never look back.

Do you understand?

Don't f***ing follow me.

Well, what about

the guy in the car?

I know what you're thinking.

You don't have to say it.

No need to tell me,

'cause I already know.

You think this party is

a bad idea.

I just don't think we can have

people over right now.

I'll just tell them that

the party's been canceled.

Clark?

You look chapped.

This is a dress-up party

here tonight.

Anna, I need a couple of things

that Ken borrowed,

namely my hatchet.

And some garbage bags.

Ken, I'm gonna need

that hatchet you borrowed.

I also need to borrow

a couple of, um...

He's dead.

Yeah.

I'm going to turn

our program on.

Sounds glorious.

Heh.

How many more balloons

do you think we need?

At least seven.

That's how many

I was thinking.

Well, that's why

you married me.

Honey?

What is it?

Honey,

people are coming over.

Honey.

Honey.

You're hurting me.

Stop, honey,

you're hurting me!

Honey, stop!

Oh, my God.

I know.

He's kind of gross now.

Anna, I'm sorry.

Are you mad at me

for killing your friend?

What?

I know he's your friend

and all.

We weren't that close.

Well, you always

helped him fix stuff.

I'm your landlord.

I know,

but are you mad at me?

No.

You did what you had to do.

We all do what

we have to do sometimes.

Oh, sh*t.

What are you doing?

So I guess we're

in this together.

What should we do now?

I'm still trying

to figure out that one.

What if my party guests

show up?

Anna, I don't know

if you know this,

but there is some

seriously insane sh*t

going on out there

right now.

People are losing

their minds.

There's a bad sector

in the electromagnetic spectrum,

which is causing the rift

in logical thinking.

Rational behavior has given way

to pri... Primordial action.

We've reached

a critical juncture

in the consistency

of everyday living.

Societal norms are being

completely abandoned.

Anarchy has replaced etiquette.

Chaos is the ruling class

of this civilization.

So I think coming to

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David Bruckner

David Bruckner is an American film director. With Jacob Gentry and Dan Bush, he co-wrote and co-directed The Signal (2007). He also co-wrote and directed "Amateur Night" in the horror anthology V/H/S. more…

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