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September 23, 2009

Can You Hear Me Now? No, Because You Are Dead

Rich FourFour has created another fantastic supercut. This time it is people in horror movies unable to find cell phone reception, something that was not even possible a few years ago when we used our land phones in our dark caves. But now? This scene is in all the movies. THE FUTURE IS NOW!

"New technologies have really changed the way we live now."
--Catherine Zeta-Jones, probably

You have to admit, though, that even if the lack of cell phone service has become a horror/thriller cliche at this point, it's still way better than the genre's overused "the fax won't go through!" craze of the mid-1980s.

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lololololololololololololololololol!!!!!!!

Posted by: The LOLster profile link at 09/23/09 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Christ, nothing has a fucking point today.

Posted by: oh. profile link  in reply to  The LOLster's comment at 09/23/09 3:35 PM  | Reply
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Why does it smell like cake in here?

Posted by: That One profile link  in reply to  The LOLster's comment at 09/23/09 4:38 PM  | Reply
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What is the actual deal with these things in terms of testicles? -Michael Scott

Posted by: Jeb profile link at 09/23/09 3:36 PM  | Reply
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How come we missed the movie trend of pagers not working?

Posted by: Fizz profile link at 09/23/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Because Hollywood never gave the greenlight to my screenplay The Death Page.
You get a mysterious page on your beeper, and 5 days later -- YOU DIE!

Posted by: Radi0Waves profile link  in reply to  Fizz's comment at 09/23/09 3:48 PM  | Reply
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LOLOLOL!!! upvote xInfinity.

Posted by: Blondie profile link  in reply to  Radi0Waves's comment at 09/23/09 4:26 PM  | Reply
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Haha, what? Why am I getting downvoted for applauding someone else's comment? Monsters!

Posted by: Blondie profile link  in reply to  Blondie's comment at 09/24/09 4:47 PM  | Reply
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"This phone was meant to receive calls, not make them"

Okay, I'm no cell phone expert and I've never even seen Saw, but is that really a thing? Cos it sounds really dumb.

Posted by: Ben (waiting for the perfect GIF) profile link at 09/23/09 3:50 PM  | Reply
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everyone always forgets about the "this telegram won't transmit fast enough/who knows morse code?" genre that dominated early silent movies.

Posted by: pandamystery profile link at 09/23/09 3:52 PM  | Reply
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There is a movie called Donkey Punch???

Posted by: Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up profile link at 09/23/09 3:54 PM  | Reply
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I just added The Gingerdead Man to my queue.

Posted by: Trevor profile link  in reply to  Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up's comment at 09/23/09 4:06 PM  | Reply
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I am ashamed of how many of these movies I have seen.

Posted by: Funtastik profile link at 09/23/09 4:05 PM  | Reply
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Took the words right out of my mouth.

Posted by: moonmaster profile link  in reply to  Funtastik's comment at 09/23/09 5:51 PM  | Reply
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No signal? There's an app for th--wait, no, that's the one thing that there's no Iphone app for, actually.

Posted by: werttrew profile link at 09/23/09 4:24 PM  | Reply
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"But wait, if she's being chased by a weird killer, why doesn't she just call the police on her cellphone?"


"Oh shit! I didn't think of that. Well, we can't rewrite the whole movie. Just put a scene in Act 1 where you find out there's no signal."

Posted by: I Basically Don't Respect Your Country's Cultural Underpinnings Face King profile link at 09/23/09 4:50 PM  | Reply
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I especially like the guy talking on the phone that say: No one can get any signal (or something like that). Cos clearly he has a signal.

Posted by: Sarcastically Misunderstood profile link at 09/23/09 5:50 PM  | Reply
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"Shit...my brain phone doesn't have any bars."


- the future

Posted by: moonmaster profile link at 09/23/09 5:53 PM  | Reply
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Makes you wonder how many movies use "Dead End" in that really tacky "we're shopping for candy at the grocery store for Halloween because we saw a commercial that said all the 'boys and ghouls' should come down for 'frighteningly' low prices, and that we should try to 'scare up' some deals" kind of way.

Posted by: Professor Push-Ups profile link at 09/23/09 7:52 PM  | Reply
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The guy from Super Troopers in a horror movie called Cabin Fever? [0:44]. Its so boring in here, and my phone ate all my weed.

Posted by: HUGE AIR profile link at 09/23/09 8:20 PM  | Reply
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I'm still waiting for the "my flying car won't start!" era to begin.

Posted by: MusclesMarinara at 09/23/09 9:06 PM  | Reply
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no, I'm sorry. Donkey Punch? Perfect.

Posted by: meesh profile link at 09/23/09 9:14 PM  | Reply
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I feel like "Open Water 2" is the real zinger here, because its the only one that should make perfect sense to the characters in the movie.

"Everyone knows cell phones dont work on water!"
- Biff

Posted by: TheRevengeOfJeffGoldblum profile link at 09/23/09 11:48 PM  | Reply
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I've heard of maybe three of these movies.

I'd like to see a montage of people getting hung up on while using old-school phones and then pushing the button compulsively while saying "Hello? Hello?"

People of a certain age will know what I am talking about, perhaps.

Posted by: Spine at 09/24/09 1:09 AM  | Reply
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I'm wondering why "The Ring" was made using VHS tapes when clearly only the last few holdouts even had VCR's anymore. When do we get a "this DVD player is not properly formatted for this DVD-R" movie? Happens to me all the time (not really).

Posted by: Not So Goodie Mob profile link at 09/24/09 8:12 AM  | Reply
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When I first read the title I thought it said "Can You Hear Me Now? No, Because You Are Dad." Which would also be true. My dad can't hear shite.

Posted by: Napoleon Complex profile link at 09/24/09 10:57 AM  | Reply
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One of the clips in there is from the film 'Rogue' which, once again, should be in the running for WMOAT, Gabe, if you ever think you can't handle it anymore, your Sisyphean task of watching unbearable movies. And this goes for everyone because that movie is a frickin LAFF riot. It is so bad it comes full circle to genius. That cellphone isn't gonna help you at all, Michael Vartan, when the GIANT crocodile comes to eat you. Netflix it, people.

Posted by: Blondie profile link at 09/24/09 4:51 PM  | Reply
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Hey! I didn't know that Harmony was in some random movie called Hatchet.

Posted by: Chelsea at 09/26/09 9:14 PM  | Reply
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