Dark Signal (2016)

Dark Signal: Directed by Edward Evers-Swindell. With Siwan Morris, Gareth David-Lloyd, Joanna Ignaczewska, Duncan Pow. The spirit of a murdered girl returns with a message for the staff of a local radio station.

“I was looking forward to watching this new horror film set in beautiful Snowdonia, but my anticipation soon turned to amazement as the opening scene came to a conclusion.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt wasnu0026#39;t amazement at the wonder of the acting and production – more amazement about how this got distribution and didnu0026#39;t end up going straight to DVD or whatever happens to low quality films nowadays.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eApart from a couple of exceptions the acting is awful, right from the supporting actors leaving messages on a telephone answering machine through to one of the main female characters played by Joanna Ignaczewska.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhoever cast her must have forgotten to do a screen test with the script, because she is not suited to this film whatsoever – even though she seems to have quite a long list of film parts behind her.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only two worthwhile performances are given by James Cosmo and Gareth David-Lloyd. Without either this production would fall further into the abyss of u0026#39;films that could have been goodu0026#39;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are numerous mistakes and continuity errors in the film for which there is no excuse, and I get the feeling the film was cobbled together to a formula rather than being a developing artistic endeavour.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is disjointed and it is hard to get a feeling of substance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt is set in Snowdoina, with the rest of the characters having no real connection to the location whatsoever. Polish female lead, Scottish farmer role, and an Italian actress, and various others who must have been handily hanging around on casting day.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you are thinking of paying money to see this either at the cinema, online, or on DVD you would be better off waiting until it ends up in the bargain bin – which it is bound to do sooner than later.”