“Distress Signals” (** out of four) was a hollow psychodrama thriller about a female hiker (Christine Nyland) who suffers a steep fall in the woods and is completely separated from her friends (Jonathon Strauss and Stephanie Hains) and is rescued by a fellow hiker (Terence Krey) who is not quite the helpful guy he appears. Better than most of its kind and holds you in its grip due to Nyland’s controlled and tense performance but is still overall plodding and overly familiar. Interestingly- both Nyland and Krey both co-directed, co-produced, and co-wrote this as well so hopefully this might be the “signals” of better work to come from them.