Horror?   Comedy?    Horrific Comedy?   I know it wasn't set up to be a side splitting laugh fest, but laugh I did for better or for worse.   I literally chuckled myself senseless at times within the first hour of the flick,  getting a wild kick out of the morbid sense of humor put on display by the writers and director.   However, all good things must come to an end.

Set in the city of Terminus, a massive signal is being transmitted throughout...   the T.V., the phone lines, the radio.  Anybody who hears or watches it for too long gets entranced by it,  leaving them brainwashed and turned into homicidal maniacs.  The power of the signal overwhelms them and then begins to control them.    One after another,  everywhere you turn,  like a serial killers' mecca.   Add this to a story about two lovers, Ben and Mya, intertwined with her jealous and ever suspicious husband Lewis,  who meets her Ben under awkward circumstances and rescue attempt amid blood emptying mindless savages.    In the meantime,  Mya is running around the city searching for Ben,  hoping to find him and leave the cursed city behind.

Scene after scene reveals more rapid fire,  sick yet twisted humor throughout each and every passing minute with whimsical interactions amongst complete strangers.   If they would have just made alot more scenes similar to those in the strangers' houses (which I'd highly recommend being, and disappointed that I wasn't jacked up on something for) I'd probably be giving the movie 4.5 bloody hatchets...    unfortunately for The Signal,   the rest of the movie happened instead.

The humor slowly fades away giving way to the harsh reality that,   yes...  this is another horror flick.   The hallucination inducing clips are still there,  along with the violent mood swings,  but the storyline viturally crashes near the end until its inevitable flatline.   Masked with crazed psychosis,  the ending lacks body and vibrance (something one requires with their hallucinations) leaving your ejecting your DVD with a loud yawn the second the credits start to roll.    I loved it...   but only most of it.    I'd highly recommend you renting it,  but make sure you rent a second movie with it.   For that it only gets 2.75 severed heads.