The Signal
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.
Why it matters
A triptych of escalating paranoia where media saturation becomes a weaponized contagion, turning everyday devices into vectors of terror.
- Dissects mass media’s role in societal paranoia with a prescient, dystopian lens that feels eerily relevant today.
- Three distinct narrative perspectives build a fractured, unreliable reality—heightening the sense of distrust and isolation.
- Practical effects and makeup deliver unsettling transformations, avoiding cheap CGI scares in favor of tangible body horror.
- Ideal for fans of pandemic paranoia and social commentary horror, evoking echoes of Cronenberg’s body horror with Carpenter’s paranoia.
Directors
7 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
100
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
85
Survival
83
