Dark Signal
Dark Signal
| 30 May 2016 (USA)
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The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message. Now a stranded woman must team up with the staff of a local station to solve the mystery of her death.

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Diagonaldi

Very well executed

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Laikals

The greatest movie ever made..!

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Afouotos

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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ChampDavSlim

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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ellieginge

Dark Signal, what a film!!! amazing plot with a brilliant twist. Ed Evers Swindell's horror is a refreshing movie, a fantastic British film. The only thing i would change is Kate would have gotten plenty more positive reviews if she wasn't in it. You can clearly see Swindell's passion for horror, and I can't wait to see what he comes out with in the future.

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Jim Morton

This is a fairly forgettable film. It has some interesting ideas, but mostly fails. Some of the camera-work is good, and the lead actresses are good, but the director seems to think that sticking in a jump shock every few minutes constitutes good horror filmmaking. To make matters worth, each of these shocks is punctuated by a loud musical screech. In the hands of a talented director, these types of shocks can be very effective, but here they are just annoying and actually interfere with the flow of the story.

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zombiefan89

If you watch the movie, you'll know who I'm talking about. The one actress sounds like she's laughing when she's crying. Her broken English doesn't add anything to the movie either. A British actress would have been much better for the role. The story is a bit confusing. It feels as though the twist wasn't that thought out. The movie was quite charming at times. However, the is a major plot hole. Without spoiling the movie, records are kept of who someone talks to over the phone or via the internet. Knowing this, the movie's events would be impossible. It was genuinely scary at times. There are cheap jump scares, but there's also subtle scares if you're paying attention.

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Nigel P

At the heart of this cleverly written story is a resentful social under-achiever who becomes a masked killer. And yet the way the story is delivered, with so many intricate embellishments, makes it far more than that.Polish Joanna Ignaczewska is terrific as Kate Komisarczyk, mother of a disabled son, who reluctantly agrees to accompany possible boyfriend Nick (Duncan Pow) to a remote house in order rob allegedly wealthy Alan Keller (the monumental James Cosmo) who it seems might just be the notorious figure nick-named 'the wedlock killer', who has killed and then removed the victim's wedding ring finger.Elsewhere, local radio station JAB Radio is about to record its last ever show featuring Laurie Wolf (Siwan Morris). To ensure the show reaches a memorable conclusion, a Medium is brought in. Carla Zaza (Cinzia Monreale) manages to arouse the spirit of Keller's dead daughter, and through her, the radio station somehow picks up snippets of Kate's plight.These two strands are seemingly unconnected but for Kate's internet friendship with JAB technician Ben (Gareth David-Lloyd). As the story continues, a series of carefully placed revelations are unleashed that bring the two plots together in a very satisfying manner.When the killer's identity is revealed, his motives are sketchy – other than he seems unable to win the affections of women, and that he removes, and makes trophies of, various fingers, tongues etc. On the internet, he believes, he can be anything, and this is how he lures his victims.The heroine's actions are occasionally questionable, as if often the case with horror films. Hearing Nick has been attacked in Keller's house, she then makes her way to that very location, armed with glow-sticks to advertise her presence. Other than that, she shows admirable courage and resolve.'Dark Signal' seems to have received some negative reviews online and I am at a loss to work out why. Featuring Polish, Italian, Scottish, Welsh and English actors in one production seems to have rankled a few, but why? The UK is a multi-cultural society. Although I usually steer clear of commenting on other reviews, I should also mention that some have lambasted a lack of originality, and that 'Dark Signal' can't decide whether to be a slasher film or a ghost story. To me, surely the melding of the two approaches – something very rarely attempted – demonstrates exactly a very original approach. Director and Writer Edward Evers-Swindell has created an intricately plotted film that is very enjoyable, exciting and pretty frightening in places. The plot also makes perfect sense, which is rare, but you have to pay attention.

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