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2023

1h 15m

Horror

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4 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Transmission is the world's first channel-surfing horror film. The story unfolds on a television screen as we are switching between different channels and slowly realizing that each of these channels is actually telling different aspects of the same horrific narrative.

Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

07/03/2024

2/5

Transmission tests the viewer’s patience. Its sluggish pace deflates the story, with the finale coming in with a whimper.

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Kat Hughes

THN

03/30/2024

4/5

In Transmission writer and director Michael Hurst has created an intricate and elegant story that will mesmerise and befuddle the viewer before revealing its hidden secrets and granting excellent viewer satisfaction.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

09/20/2023

3.5/5

Each element has a strong kick, and the way they combine is fiendishly clever. But there isn't space for character depth as everything circles around an overall narrative.

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Anton Bitel

SciFiNow

09/20/2023

Michael Hurst’s multimediated metamovie switches between different nighttime TV programmes all telling the same apocalyptic story.

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@Bradster69 08/16/2025

Channel Surfing Turns Spooky in ‘Transmission’

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