The Signal
“R U Agitated?”
William EubankWhere to watch in the United States: Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Brenton Thwaites 
Olivia Cooke 
Beau Knapp 
Laurence Fishburne Patrick Davidson Jeffrey Grover
Credits
Written by: Carlyle Eubank
Plot
On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moody low-budget sci-fi thriller that starts as a road-trip prank and bends into paranoia and confinement. The look is sleek and the atmosphere unsettling, though the story leans on mystery more than it can fully justify. Worth a watch for fans of puzzle-box genre films.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Sitges Film Festival 2014: Sitges Film Festival best special effects award
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (73,740 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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