No Signal: a dramatic necessity

*Horror film plots can't exist in a world of ubiquitous computing. Mobiles chase horror away. They're like garlic for vampires.

*It's a strange dark salute to the power of mobiles. Mobiles are warping the structure of daily life more severely than a zombie invasion.

*It's not just this horror genre, either. Consider lovelorn, romantic torch songs. "Missing" by Everything But the Girl. Great song (if they'll let YouTube hold onto it), and a case in point.

*Tears your heart out, right?...