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Dead Air

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Cleaning out the home of his newly deceased mother, William stumbles across some belongings of his father, who died when he was just a boy. Among his father’s things, he discovers an old ham radio and, fascinated, attempts to use it. Over the airwaves, he stumbles upon a strange woman, Eva, who suffers from paranoia and agoraphobia, and hides a dark secret of her own. Wary at first, she slowly begins to thaw, and they strike up a distant friendship -- their respective radios the only thread that connects them. But Eva isn’t the only thing that comes to him through the radio. Something desperate has stirred, attempting to reach William, to take hold of him and pull him into the shadow world of memories best left forgotten. The two worlds collide, and William is rushed down a path that is paved with deceit, lies and an awful truth, a truth that pulls him into a world of darkness from which he cannot escape.
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Ron Wilkinson It's Just Movies 03/12/2021
5/10
An ancient short wave radio becomes the movie, with mixed results. Go to Full Review Sarah Musnicky Nightmarish Conjurings 02/26/2021
1/5
As a thriller, DEAD AIR should be marked as dead on arrival. It would have been better marketed as a drama. Go to Full Review Alan Ng Film Threat 02/24/2021
5.5/10
It's hard to make an independent movie. Sometimes a good story can make up for a film's shortcoming. Unfortunately, it didn't happen with Dead Air. Go to Full Review Nathaniel Muir AIPT 02/18/2021
Dialogue heavy horror that will reward audiences for their patience. A twisting story that will keep you guessing the entire time. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/23/2021 TheReelness.com: The acting is well enough in this very low budget film, but the production values, in particular the clunky cloudy sky scene transitions are amateurish and lazy, further hobbled by a slog of a story. See more Read all reviews
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Kevin Hicks

Director

Kevin Hicks

William

Vickie Hicks

Eva

Chris Xaver

Dr. Jennings

Luca Iacovetti

Billy

Madison Skodzinsky

Mindy

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Synopsis Cleaning out the home of his newly deceased mother, William stumbles across some belongings of his father, who died when he was just a boy. Among his father’s things, he discovers an old ham radio and, fascinated, attempts to use it. Over the airwaves, he stumbles upon a strange woman, Eva, who suffers from paranoia and agoraphobia, and hides a dark secret of her own. Wary at first, she slowly begins to thaw, and they strike up a distant friendship -- their respective radios the only thread that connects them. But Eva isn’t the only thing that comes to him through the radio. Something desperate has stirred, attempting to reach William, to take hold of him and pull him into the shadow world of memories best left forgotten. The two worlds collide, and William is rushed down a path that is paved with deceit, lies and an awful truth, a truth that pulls him into a world of darkness from which he cannot escape.
Director
Kevin Hicks
Producer
Vickie Hicks
Screenwriter
Vickie Hicks
Production Co
Chinimble Lore
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 19, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2021
Runtime
1h 20m
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