Follow the tapes.
The latest by director Jacob Gentry (The Signal) draws inspiration from actual broadcast interruptions in Chicago in the late 1980s and remains unsolved to this day. It results in an eerie neo-noir technological nightmare, starring Harry Shum Jr. (Glee, Crazy Rich Asians), and the new trailer, below, promises it’ll get under your skin.
“While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James discovers a surreal and disturbing clip that James believes is the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking. His discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James must confront two very real possibilities: that the videos may be clues to a crime beyond all comprehension; and that whoever was behind them may be very aware that James is coming uncomfortably close to the truth.”
Tim Woodall and Phil Drinkwater wrote the script. Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, Stranger Things) also star alongside Shum Jr., who executive produced.
Broadcast Signal Intrusion releases in theaters and on digital on October 22, 2021.