Comments on: No Signal: A Montage of Hollywood Horror Cell Phone Cliches

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:46:20 +0000

Modern tech really has thrown a wrench into suspense genres. This reasonable excuse can be contrived but it’s so real people accept it. I’m a much bigger fan of the murderee forgetting to charge the battery and having a dead phone … plus that’s foreshadowing so it’s literary.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:24:23 +0000

Funny Games does not belong here.

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:18:28 +0000

The best part of that video was seeing some of the terrible / terrific horror titles that have come out lately. I’d heard of Donkey Punch but it’s still hillarious. Best title of the montage goes to The Scary Woods.
I do think they missed a great opportunity by not showing the exact same scene in both Funny Games movies (in the original it’s just a cordless. I think that still counts)

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:14:07 +0000

@ Yeah Iâ€™d say itâ€™s dead

dead like yer cel phone. Kazaam!

By: Patrick McShittypants

Patrick McShittypants — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:16:44 +0000

I don’t know what’s worse: technology being used as a cliche or the fact that I’ve seen many of these *terrible* movies. Here’s to ya’!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:05:26 +0000

Yeah I’d say it’s dead, but I’ll continue to post any decent movie-related videos that I stumble across. I don’t really go out of my way to find funny videos on YouTube anymore as of late.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:25:14 +0000

So, Weird Web Wednesday’s are officially dead now, right? I mean, if you’ll post video’s like this one by one, isn’t this what we are to assume? Jay’s really dropping the ball here. I really liked that segment. I hope it comes back.

By: modesilver

modesilver — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:28:21 +0000

Haha that was entertaining.

By: Itchy-Finger

Itchy-Finger — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:34:30 +0000

Best ones are when the sequels use the same element. Like Wrong Turn and Wrong Turn 2.

Although I found the last few ones to be less cliche than the first ones. Like Funny Games, the protagonist purposely pushed the phone into the water. It wasn’t that the phone just didn’t work.