No Signal (and other cellular drama)

[MightyPhalus]

3:33 he's using it in the water. Doesn't work so just throw it in the water. LOL. Redundant, but funny.

[91MoonKnight]

in-terrnet has nooo signel!!! halp me, some one halp!!

[huntercannon2]

first world problems

[guyman2111]

In all fairness, some of those movies had had reasonable reasons why the phones had no coverage. Like in Quarantine (not defending the movie cause it sucked) the CDC probably had a jammer or something. Just saying...

[tu5ch4n]

22 people have the same service provider as these movies.

[Rachou321]

To be fair, if they had signal, the movie would end after 2 minutes... But it still bothers me no one has yet found a way around that cliché in horror movies.

[chrisx2k6]

Another way that they can elude cell phones is by always setting the movie pre 90's...I think this is the best option rather than some ridiculous writing to get by.

[chrisx2k6]

ALSO IN HORROR MOVIES, when people can communicate they just NEVER GET THE WORDS OUT...Somebody will think Jimmy is the killer, but they just sit there with a worried look on their face...Or, they notice a zombie bite mark on somebody but just can't get around to mentioning it to anybody else in the car...The list goes on and on.

[TobiasBoon1980]

I don't know you, but I love you for making this. In fact I'm gonna call you and... ah damn. No signal.

[cardigans98]

3:00 goodluck dumb bitch

[MegaRogerbrown]

buy a repeater from phonesignal.co.uk this will boost your phone signall

[PingaConMantequilla]

1:20 makes it even more hilarious!!

[Jjd9399]

Stupid

[HalloWieGehtsDennSo1]

LOL

so funny xD

[MultiNTFS]

3:00 hahahahahahha

[jbear0000]

Also in horror movies cars never start, people trip and can't stand back up and just hang around an area where people are being killed.

[deusexmachina88]

2:57 of course paris hilton had a whole crate of cell phones in front of her and couldn't get one to work...

[caldwell1966]

That's whats wrong with Hollywood, they don't have no signal!

[coccinelle80]

Cell phones have no signal, but my electronic monitoring anklet always seems to have one! Cops keep catching me at the local crack-house!

[youandme1235]

A CNN ARTICLE LED ME HERE

[undrtakr900]

@youandme1235 haha same here

[MystyrNile]

1:14 Ahh, beep beep beep.

Wouldn't it be nice if all computers had extremely irritating beeps with every action you did?

[dededebobobo]

this is why i dont make calls in deserts, cars, rainy days, forests, ancient ruins, old cabins, moving cars, forest parties, the south,caves, next to cell towers or on days when my punk attitude requires i not pay my phone bill

[notsofatkid]

For half of these, (case-in-point, the hills have eyes) I'm thinking, "Of course you have no signal. you are out in the middle of the f'ing desert!"

[TheCakeIsALie0]

They should just make all these movies take place before cellphones were normal. Then they would never have to adress the 'No Signal'-issue.

[GeneralBolas]

@TheCakeIsALie0 To be fair, not all of these movies actually use the cliche. The Eden Lake one, for example: the kid's lying. And Cellular at the end? The destruction of the phone was actually a pivotal plot point, since keeping the phone powered and connected was a big part of the film's plot.

[infinity2green]

the ruins probably the ultimate in a cellphone loss movie, not gonna spoil it but one of the reasons why theyre on that pyramid is cause of a phone they here ringing.

[thelonelion]

4:26, why does human torch need a phone, can't he make messages in the sky?

[smith0790]

missed black sheep. But great video!

[CELT1CPRED]

Is it really a plot device? I've always thought of it more as directly addressing the massive change in culture technology over the last 12 or 13 years.

Not defending it by any means, I just think it's mislabeled.

[MrHex2957]

THEN WHO WAS ON THE PHONE??11!?

[Gargess]

All these people on road trips with dead batteries must have forgotten about the charger in their glove box.

[LadyYuzuki]

"You got a signal here!?" "No. Just games" That's all that matters.

[anzonix]

This should be an AT&T commercial.

[romaman17]

You think after all these years, they'd take care of that 3%.

[irishgeoff1]

google:- the yapper zapper. Its a very cool mini cell phone jammer

[islanddog1571]

So very true.

[libertymi]

OH god thanks for this, this cliche makes me crazy in horror movies. You saved me the time of making it myself.

[ZamROcketship]

3:34 They were really expecting that the cellphone works? in the water..? -w-

[Mothra61]

It really should be noted that some of these are justified. The two that come to mind are The Hills Have Eyes- having driven though shithole middle-of-nowhere New Mexico, I can attest that your chance of getting a signal is low. As for the film The Signal (which is very good), all electronic devices are effected by a Signal that drives people crazy. She was getting a signal, just a very evil one.

[Edgehead1132]

@Mothra61 30 Days of Night and House of Wax have the evils taking the cell phones of their victims, the vampires so that they can cut off the town, and house of wax because they are storing all their victims' stuff. who knows how long they had been there. it is amusing seeing a character trying to turn on a cell phone, i've never owned a cell phone that turned on when you rapidly mash the buttons. regardless, it's hard to account for cell phones in a horror film.

[atthawut82]

no signal lol

[Ri3mannZeta]

a movie called 'the signal' in which the characters get no signal. the irony

[hobokombat]

This all makes sense, though. Horrible things happen in no-signal areas BECAUSE there's no way to call for help. All the world's monsters/mutants/cannibals just get lucky when setting up shop.

[Driverforhire]

AT&T customers I guess. LOL

[darktrooper1000]

here is a scary phone number 1-216-333-1810 thumbs up if u found it creepy.

[usarocks911]

Remember to hold your iPhone 4 with your two thumbs on the top right hand corner. Or it won't work; it's in the manual in the small small small xxx small print. Haven't you read it?

Steve Jobs - August 2010

[liquidstone14]

Whoever made this video just ticked a box on a list of things I dreamed of seeing for my entire fucking life...!

[DonalLynchyou]

Remember when murderers had to cut the phone lines.

[hamsterdoom360]

@DonalLynchyou Apparently they're capable of toppling wireless towers now.

[ukeuwatch]

@DonalLynchyou Perhaps they should blow up the cellular mast, or set up a jammer. To be fair, if you wanted to kill a bunch of people by leading them to an isolated spot, it would be most effective to choose one with no coverage. I guess people concerned about elaborate psychopathic killers should get satellite phones.

[MightyPhalus]

@DonalLynchyou Now they just find victims with Boost Mobile.

[PoilishedMahogony]

thank you very much for exposing such a cheap, boring cliche

[brokenboardsmedia]

can u make a update video to this. i like looking for cliche horror movies to watch where theres no signal , iv probs watched this 30 times over the course of two years

[MrPaulkoussoulos]

bring back cb's

[MrPaulkoussoulos]

bring back cb's



[CaptainAshSpearow]

Hitler: OF COURSE! DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE?!

[MrRiggyRiggs]

Hey..does anyone have a signal I can borrow?

[TheOriginalDrawItAll]

Let's face it. Most plots would be over in 5 minutes if characters could use cells.

[Deavi783]

Always horror movies... lol

[WarriorBoy]

@Deavi783: I was going to mention as well that it's all horror movies in here, good call.

[NKoara]

@WarriorBoy Cellular is not a horror movie, just saying ;)

[WarriorBoy]

@NKoara: But it IS a thriller, which is related. It's not like it's a comedy or rom.com., or even a typical action movie.

[MrVictorClark]

They forgot to mention War of the Worlds's usage of no cell phones after the EMP.

[Lach1234]

Logical answer : All serial killers carry signal jammers...

[ZZDaikun]

Hollywood is racist against cell phones. We need to stand up in arms against this discrimination.

[Shadowsadist]

@ZZDaikun That or we should all go walkie talkie.

WHo is first to niche Super Mega Ultra Walkie Talkie?

[PkmnSteelPwner]

Never Signal?

[Parstices]

"You dumb shit!" Lmao.

[TikiSnakes]

It's like the Movie industry is terrified of the 'Don't let a Mobile Phone ruin your Movie' Orange guys.

Perhaps someone needs to let them on-board, so we can have a horror without them feeling the need to destroy all phones.

I mean, what are they going to do, call for help? Their friends / Parents / the Police can watch them be slaughtered on Video call.

[ahrims4ever]

Didja REALLY think AT&T's gonna put a tower out in radioactive cannibal country? No, you didn't. You just wanted to be a FUCKING BIG MAN with ALL YOUR MU-THER-FU-CKING video clips that you got from the TEE-VO! You think you're being SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLEVER like some East Coast film comedian well guess what this video is garbage you are garbage Im never watching any of your videos again even under threat of ball rot I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

[93adw]

@ahrims4ever lawl

[horsthorstmann666]

Well edited, I laughed alot, thanks :D

[TrandomnesstwO]

Haha lost the phone in a movie called No Signal.

[ironside222]

Fucking Orange.

[tuschman168]

No signal, eh? Yup, they're dead!

[SoulReaperXll]

every horror movie takes place in that 3%

[Xevailo]

@SoulReaperXll So how come they don't meet each other? ;D

[pleasecho2]

@SoulReaperXll

[kindredvampyre]

funniest video ever... love this

[pika62221]

Pretty much after 2000, when cell phones started becoming common, this is the new horror plot.

[nprbum]

1:27 Donkey Punch? That's really a name of a movie. Geez.

[Indextic]

I just wanna say that the example in Saw V is kinda justified, seeing as Hoffman had his phone turned off so that they wouldn't pick it up until he WANTED them to.

[Sal0pe69]

yeah, i agree, but what else are you gonna do, everyone has a cellphone, so it's that, not finding the phone, having it break, dead battery... Burt i have to admit that Sam Raimy used a cell phone really well in Drag me to Hell

[ActionCarl]

As an inbred mutant serial killer who lives in the woods, I can assure you your cell phone will not work.

[SarahPalin4Realz]

Didja REALLY think AT&T's gonna put a tower out in radioactive cannibal country? No, you didn't. You just wanted to be a FUCKING BIG MAN with ALL YOUR MU-THER-FU-CKING video clips that you got from the TEE-VO! You think you're being SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CLEVER like some East Coast film comedian well guess what this video is garbage you are garbage Im never watching any of your videos again even under threat of ball rot I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU

[vanquishman]

this is the opposite for me, i have like 2 bars when im at my house but in the woods behind my house i have full bars and anywhere else in the middle of nowhere, hmm maybe they should all switch to Sprint

[MrKoreanPride]

Lol i notice that some of these are like movies i would never watch

[Joeguy1092]

@MrKoreanPride Hahaha thats odd cause i've seen basically all these movies...

[Jackmiles2006]

at 4:00 i would have a lot worse reaction if someone snapped my phone in half.

[Tharkun]

Look, getting cell phones out of the way is pretty much a prereq for localized horror. The only alternative is period pieces. Suck it up.

[Fudgeyer]

haha this is absolutely great

[CicerosAssassin]

To be fair, the problem in "The Signal" was that there was *way too much* signal, not that there was none.

[leiton87]

aah Turistas, i love that movie

[QusMarsh]

They're just holding it the wrong way, c'mon.

[777AlexAnd777]

2:07 LOL really?

[assilembrandywine]

Can something be a cliche if it hasn't been around for more than 10 years?

[Roukuzaken]

@assilembrandywine

"A cliché or cliche is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel." This doesn't have at "required time frame" notion, only that it was at one point meaningful and now it is overused.Look at bullet time in the Matrix. It was new in the first film,but was copied excessively to point that it was cliche in the second.

[ohmissjulie]

Wait...there's a move called "The Gingerdead Man?" That's...amazing.

[Denny2689]

I just checked my phone and... THERE IS NO SIGNAL!

[zeltasss]

if you have no signal.... be careful

[MooffinMan]

If they didn't do this though then you would wonder why they aren't using their phones

[112BlueEagle]

All these people must be in or near the last house I lived in

[omgsoemo]

This would be the PERFECT ad for ANY company competing with AT&T

[hotjosboy]

i was waitng for the one in knowing... the only one i remembered

[codebreaker2001]

I think you should remove the cell phones from "The Mist", "Quarantine" and "Saw" off. And I'll explain why. Rarely, you never have a movie where a cell phone is knocked out by the weather (which can happen) as we see in "The Mist." The cell phones in "Quarantine" were being jammed on purpose (which we rarely see, but is based on real technology) and the cellphone in "Saw" was hacked to not dial out (no different from the plate over the buttons of the cell phones in "Don't Say A Word.").

[digital785]

@codebreaker2001 Also in Eight Legged Freaks, he is able to use the phone, granted he has to climb to the top of a transmission tower to do it, but it's still a signal.

[codebreaker2001]

@digital785 That is true.

[stgm]

If I were to make a horror movie.. people wouldn't have cellphones.

[ro589]

Paris Hilton withoul phone? now that's scary

[TheChanges23]

whats hilarious about this is Cell phones not breaking or having no signal is like a new horror/thriller cliche'. We all saw this coming a mile away, and now there's so many flicks that use this its down right funny as hell...

[WindCompass13]

they've better switched to another phone company...= =

[HaoSci]

LOL. Come on, horror movie filmmakers need to be more creative in their thinking.

[erives174]

You know though, it seems that every time I'm stuck in a crappy situation, the same thing happens. 1. Stuck in the woods overnight, ONE bar on signal and ONE bar on battery life. Signal goes first, then battery, I spend the night in the woods.

2. Car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, FULL battery. ONE signal bar that comes and goes. Doesn't stay long enough to complete the call. I reach someone, but before I can give an address. NO BARS! ... I've got plenty more, but I"m out of room here...

[thedefaultcode]

You dumbshit!

[15thPresident]

"Wait a minute... This has happened before..."

[TheTinker19]

Well this vid certainly proves that while the cellphone has certainly made lives easier, it hasn't done the horror movie genre any favors.

[energizer61bunny]

wow...

[Jordacar]

There was a section of people losing their phones, right? I think you forgot 'Superman Returns' where Lois leaves hers in the car before investigating Lex's yacht. Or does that not count?

[zudri28]

wouu how many clips !!

[undocumentedspot]

The hitcher is the worst no signal. they should've just drove away and leave that mf alone on the road.

[iLikeToast001]

What movie was the last clip?

[Butiknyul]

the ruins :)

[smithyweremanjanson]

That movie Detour was god awful.

[Joeguy1092]

Isn't that the one where the kids RV gets suck on a dirt mound and one by one they all start to get eaten by cannibals and all they really had to do is just use a jack to get it off the dirt mound.

[smithyweremanjanson]

Ya I got it for 1 dollar at Blockbuster a long time ago, the cover looked kinda cool but when I watched it was just one of those typical shitty low budget horror films with bad acting. Guess I got what I paid for. lol

[ulriksj]

Take a look at "Fritt vilt"

I hate dubbing...-.-

[saorlab]

Is there a compliation of punks getting their asses kicked in alleyways?

Most recently in The Watchmen. A great cliche, that goes back the last century to the death of batman's parents.

[password34]

it would take away the fun if they have cell phones

[Quane14]

lol I hate when this shit happens in movies, I was watching stepdad, and right when she needed the phone she realized it needed to be charged, and then she drops it, I liked the movie all the way up to that part.

[Gbreezy26]

1:26 'Donkey Punch" LMAO really that was a movie!!!

[mkissa1]

Yes "Donkey Punch" is an actual movie. It's about a girl who got donkey punched while having sex and she ended up dead. Movie was pretty lame though.

[Gbreezy26]

now will everyone jump on board with my plan to bring back carrier pigeons.

[jotunobsidianeyes]

Ah too bad they didn't have a back up satellite phone with a solar charger.

[WetKant]

This is why the Scream movies rocked (well, except for the crappy third one): because the phones worked, but only for the baddies

[RudeCorpse]

I hate that movie funny games so much!

[WetKant]

That shows how much Funny Games was controlling you, the viewer

[RudeCorpse]

Yeah it made me so angry to see that these kids could get away with so much. I mainly hated the remote rewind thing...that was just evil.

[WetKant]

Yeah, but an amazing comment on the genre and movie`s representation of violence, check out the interview on Michael Haneke and Funny Games if you don`t believe me

[KellyMeezProductions]

Do cell phone chargers even exist in horror movies?

[salina230]

2:47 lmao bad fuckin actorss man

[alexjxcx]

the hills have eyes clip says it all....

[TheNathanHoskins]

where was silent hill i was for sure it would be in there!

[WetKant]

you could have used the same scene from the original Funny Games

[Flamedramon6]

GOD THESE CELL PHONES SUCK.

Note to self, get a god damn walkie talkie or some shit.

[WetKant]

Curiously, in Back to the Future 2 and 3 the walkie talkies work wonderfully

[Flamedramon6]

SEE?!

Even MORE reason to get a walkie talkie.

[pifoxsaurio]

YEAH!

[Anduy]

it seems all horror things take place in that 3%

[yesseniaT13]

@Anduy judging by all the movies, that's a pretty big 3%.

[dmon33]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LoleScania]

Yaaay. Wind Chill. <333 0:27

[mokujin80]

0:20 eden lake epic!!! woman-do you have a signal??

boy- no just games....

LOL

[delbow]

The Saw clip made me lol.

[yes4me]

Verizon? 5/5

[dontleademsomuch]

the mist makes sense cos of the weird dimensional shit

[darthvader694988]

DAMN YOU AT&T!!!

[HamatoKameko]

Ought to add Dark Floors to this list. The movie may not be a box office blowout, but the cell phone no-service scene is fucking FANTASTIC (best I've ever seen, including all the scenes you just showed here!).

[iamthedeus]

Collateral should be on here for sure.

[Terminal83]

Hah! Love it!

[reproduktsioon]

Hilarious!

[SkullFracturee]

poor paris hilton, looks so miserable without her phone.

[walrusjuicy]

What about Panic Room?

[emilytodd28]

Hang on let me check mine....yes I have....on no I havent got a signal.

[nickflora33]

Black Sheep!! It has the best cell phone scene...

[LoveTheCool]

They must all be using AT+T

[zaubertom]

Hahahahah xD

[brooklyn3178]

There sure are a lot of crappy movies being made!

[Malinx5]

When you need it the most.. xD

[Minic15]

2:28

From Jeepers Creepers to Drag Me To Hell. What a move.

[Paycheck125]

I /hate/ AT & T

[bobdvd]

I didn't see "Flight of the Phoenix", yet another.

[wesker256]

they must have at&t.

[fr3d420]

Ive never seen any of these shitty movies.