cigarette smoking   based on novel   1950s   flashback   girl   small town   cheerleader   alien   farm   radio station   teenage girl   manslaughter   investigator   debt   interview   rural setting   radio   basement   basketball   witness   radio show   school   tape recorder   smoking   death of family   record   murder of family   slaughter   conspiracy theory   disappearance   laundry   trombone   satanism   reference to elvis presley   death of sister   killing an animal   gymnasium   black and white television   fictional town   film camera   sister   cellar   infant   flying saucer   past   dust   child witness   high school basketball   babysitting   switchboard   switchboard operator   power cut   chipmunk   dj   radio studio   satanist   reference to peter pan   16 year old   unidentified flying object   brass band   brother in prison   animal slaughter   8 year old   static   telephone operator   death   escape   murder   radio dj   nonlinear timeline   year 1985   violence   survivor   investigation   teenage boy   old woman   teenager   death of mother   television   underage smoking   basketball match   vinyl record   1958   alien abductee   alien signal   audio static   boy wears eyeglasses   call in   caller   cathode ray tube television set   drone footage   drone shot   girl wears eyeglasses   headphone   interference   long tracking shot   mysterious signal   mysterious sound   radio static   reel to reel   reference to lincoln nebraska   reference to the twilight zone   telephone switchboard   telephone switchboard operator   prison