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![]() JACOB GENTRY’S 2021 horror-thriller, BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION, now available on Blu-ray, takes these true-life incidents as a springboard to explore the ideas of internet conspiracies and personal obsession. Despite an extensive FCC investigation and years of dissection by conspiracy and internet groups, the culprits were never caught. The two hijackings lasted a total of less than two minutes combined, but during the incidents, the masked person made references to Max Headroom's endorsement of Coca-Cola, the TV series Clutch Cargo, WGN anchor Chuck Swirsky and "all the greatest world newspaper nerds", a reference to WGN's call letters, which stands for "World's Greatest Newspaper." The video ended with the person's exposed ass being spanked by a woman with a flyswatter before normal programming resumed. The signal hijacking occurred in single night in 1987, when the television broadcasts of two Chicago television stations were interrupted by a video of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume, backed by distorted audio and a metal panel in the background to imitate the geometric background effect of Max Headroom’s TV spots. Hopefully not though as Broadcast Signal Intrusion is a thrilling watch that stands out amongst the horror pack because it dares to try something different.Before the days of internet hacking groups like TeaMp0isoN, Lizard Squad, and perhaps most famously, Anonymous, there was the infamous Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion. If you’re one of those who like every answer given by the end, you might end up feeling let-down. ![]() Will it all make sense come the end? That’s up for debate as Broadcast Signal Intrusion certainly leaves things open for interpretation. You’re never fully comfortable throughout. A few shock moments, some clever dream sequences and the constant suspenseful theme keeps things on edge. It’s a mysterious movie but isn’t lacking in the scares department either. Both likeable leads with their own dark backstories and reasons for continuing down the path they are on. It’s a tangled web that has been weaved here but it’s not difficult to follow along, thanks, in part to the minimal characters and the focus on James and later, Alice (Kelley Mack). Even twist and turn, every dead end, every glimmer of hope, is felt here. Like James, the viewer will want to pull every thread even though it’s probably a bad idea. However, this only serves to enhance the mystery and tension surrounding it. It’s a fascinating mystery that ends up being way more procedural than you could expect. Everyone, including the FBI have come up cold and someone out there wants the truth to stay buried. This mystery hits close to home but James is not the first to try and dig up the story. Secondly, the intrusions happened one day after a woman was reported missing and thirdly, one such woman was his wife. ![]() Firstly, there were more signal intrusions and they were captured on tape. James is fascinated, especially as signal intrusions are rare events, so starts some digging and ends up uncovering some dark details. A message that seems nonsensical and is delivered by someone in a plastic mannequin mask. The signal was hijacked and a creepy message was broadcasted. One night, while transferring a late-night TV show, he stumbles across something a little odd. It’s mind-numbing work that seems to suit the man as he is dealing with the long-ago tragedy of his wife having gone missing, presumed to be dead. plays James, a video archivist who spends his nights transferring VHS tapes to DVD. In a world dominated by slasher, paranormal and re-imagining of classic horror films, anything that manages to grip in the way Broadcast Signal Intrusion does, deserves a hell of a lot of praise.Ī suspense-driven mystery-based horror, Broadcast Signal Intrusion comes from director Jacob Gentry, and writers Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall.
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