{"id":19220,"date":"2016-06-07T11:03:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19220"},"modified":"2016-06-07T11:03:15","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:03:15","slug":"shortwave-a-shortwave-centric-suspense-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/shortwave-a-shortwave-centric-suspense-film\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Shortwave&#8221; &#8211; A shortwave-centric suspense film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19322\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg\" alt=\"shortwave-film-poster\" width=\"675\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster.jpg 675w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shortwave-film-poster-624x924.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Cuff, who notes <a href=\"http:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3391958\/shortwave-attracts-terror\/\" target=\"_blank\">the following recently-released suspense film<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pHJggJf0g8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3391958\/shortwave-attracts-terror\/\">&#8216;Shortwave&#8217; Attracts Something Sinister (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;Shortwave&#8217; Attracts Something Sinister (Exclusive)&#8221; &#8212; Bloody Disgusting!\" src=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/exclusives\/3391958\/shortwave-attracts-terror\/embed\/#?secret=6xkRcLSPMg#?secret=pHJggJf0g8\" data-secret=\"pHJggJf0g8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Funny that shortwave is being used as a medium for &#8220;something sinister.&#8221; \u00a0I do recall the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=trIMt9mZIdU\" target=\"_blank\">Frequency<\/a>, where extraordinary propagation helped a father and son communicate through time via shortwave.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/trIMt9mZIdU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I suppose, however, another recent film that brought the underground side of shortwave radio in the light was <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/no-spoiler-review-the-numbers-station-with-john-cusack-and-malin-ackerman-no-spoilers\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Numbers Station<\/em> with John Cusack and Malin Ackerman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1yGr_RmmHU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Any other shortwave-centric films I&#8217;m missing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Cuff, who notes the following recently-released suspense film: &#8216;Shortwave&#8217; Attracts Something Sinister (Exclusive) Funny that shortwave is being used as a medium for &#8220;something sinister.&#8221; \u00a0I do recall the film, Frequency, where extraordinary propagation helped a father and son communicate through time via shortwave. 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