The Signal (2007)
Directed by Jacob Gentry
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.
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Director David Bruckner (“The Ritual”/”The Signal”) and writers Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski provide the needed jump scares for this supernatural thriller about a damsel in distress living in a haunted new house.
Written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (the team behind the memorable 2017 film Super Dark Times ) and directed by David Bruckner (part of the crew responsible for The Signal and V/H/S ), The Night House is simultaneously a haunted-house story and a mystery.
This is the latest from The Signal and The Ritual director David Bruckner, and it stars Hall as Beth, a woman we meet in mourning immediately following the suicide of her gorgeous and perfect husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit, all of those things).
Bleeding out from the pens of Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (the duo behind nightmarish school shooting drama Super Dark Times), the script is given bleak focus by director David Bruckner (The Signal, V/H/S, and innovative creature feature The Ritual).
A considerable promotion in terms of scale and budget, Bruckner, best known from “The Signal” and directing shorts for the “V/H/S” anthology, settles into his groove with a bigger lens while still maintaining a clear line of focus.
Bruckner was one of three directors on 2007’s underrated mass-hysteria thriller “The Signal,” as well as solo helmer of good wilderness horror “The Ritual” a decade later and several strong omnibus contributions in between.
The Signal director David Bruckner's deft adaptation of Adam Nevill's acclaimed novel is an effective serving of woodland terror laced with psychological depth and eerie creature-feature spectacle, and proves old-school horror can be upgraded in a chillingly relevant way.
Beyond avoiding the whole found-footage device, David Bruckner ’s first solo directorial feature (he was one of three helmers on 2017’s excellent “The Signal”) benefits from solid atmospherics that elevate a not-particularly-original conceit about four men encountering possibly supernatural menace while hiking in Northern Sweden.
It’s directed by David Bruckner ( The Signal , 2007, and the “Amateur Night” segment in V/H/S , 2012) and co-written by Joe Barton and Adam Nevill.
The Ritual, a taut new film from director David Bruckner (The Signal, V/H/S), is recognisably related to such weird, wondrous classics of the form as The Wicker Man and The Blair Witch Project.
Director David Bruckner ( V/H/S , The Signal ) brings us this deeply allegorical tale of friendships.
How, you ask? Track back to 2007, when Bruckner teamed with Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry to dial-in their shared narrative The Signal (three directors, three “transmissions”).