No Signal (and other cellular drama)

Ive never seen any of these shitty movies.

And alternative as well--the victims have a clear signal, they call the local 911 for help...and don't learn until too late that the local cops and rescue crew are in on the plot...

I'd love to see a twist on this where one of the victims actually gets a signal and gets a call through...then promptly disappears. Then at the end of the film when everyone else dies we learn...that guy disappeared because he was rescued and ends up being the only survivor as a result. Possibly with a comment about the rest being stupid for not using their phones. :-)

You got a signal here?
Just games, haha :P

The hills have eyes was a funny example, they even lampshaded the trope. And as for the mist, I always thought it put out some kind of EM field that messed with the phones. How that affected the landlines though...

haha go ahead hollywood

lol ikr?
Failens

haha thats alot of cell phone drama :P

In the kind of film where they're trapped in a huge forest/desert/mountain range, in the rain, at night you could perfectly feasibly have them call for help, then show the occasional cutaway to a search attempt that's bound to take a while. Could even add some suspense if done well, since it puts a vague time limit on the threat.

Two examples; Open Water and Flight of the Phoenix, in both of which the protagonists know someone's looking for them but also know it's gonna take ages.

Great Video.

Miss "What Lies Beneath" in which there is a big scene with Michelle Pfeiffer trying to reach the bridge for a signal