Dead Air

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Dead Air

Released Feb 19, 2021

1h 20m

Horror

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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

An ancient short wave radio becomes the movie, with mixed results.

Rated: 5/10

Mar 12, 2021

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Sarah Musnicky

Nightmarish Conjurings

As a thriller, DEAD AIR should be marked as dead on arrival. It would have been better marketed as a drama.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 26, 2021

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

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.

Rated: 5.5/10

Feb 24, 2021

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

Dialogue heavy horror that will reward audiences for their patience. A twisting story that will keep you guessing the entire time.

Feb 18, 2021

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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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/21

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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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