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ShareIt’s 1987, and a young woman returns home to confront a mystery that’s been nagging her for years in Tim McClelland’s horror short, The Second Signal. Video artist K. Weston (Joanna Tiwald) went MIA from her lucrative NYC job as a videographer to return to her childhood home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The video artist had been working on a project and noticed that the video footage she had just shot was being interrupted by a “second signal.” An image of a chair from the attic appears, but there’s no camera in the attic. Haunted by the image, the curious K decides to film in the attic and discovers a horrible secret.“An image of a chair from the attic appears, but there’s no camera in the attic.”The Second Signal is a nice tight horror story that captures the look and feel of the 80s video tape…kudos to K’s shirt. Filmmaker Tim McClelland masterfully builds tension in telling K’s story, starting with trying to figure out the mystery with her friend to her obsession with finding out what’s happening.Speaking of the 80s, I was also fascinated by the throwback to a time when digital wasn’t a glimmer in anyone’s eye. It was all VHS and its bulky cassettes. Here, the analog videotape and camera become the conduit to the spirit world. The revelation comes through a worn video analog static footage, giving us a veiled glimpse into McClelland’s vision of his monster. His visual style lends itself to an artistic and horrifying ending and is wonderfully performed by Joanna Tiwald.For more information about The Second Signal, visit the Snakes&amp;Funerals YouTube channel.The Second Signal (2022)Directed: Tim McClellandWritten: Tim McClelland, Joanna TiwaldStarring: Joanna Tiwald, Alejandro Montoya Marin, Pip Lustgarten, etc.Movie score: 7/10"…His visual style lends itself to an artistic and horrifying ending..."

ShareIt’s 1987, and a young woman returns home to confront a mystery that’s been nagging her for years in Tim McClelland’s horror short, The Second Signal. Video artist K. Weston (Joanna Tiwald) went MIA from her lucrative NYC job as a videographer to return to her childhood home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The video artist had been working on a project and noticed that the video footage she had just shot was being interrupted by a “second signal.” An image of a chair from the attic appears, but there’s no camera in the attic. Haunted by the image, the curious K decides to film in the attic...

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