David Grayless<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTriggerEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTriggerEffect</span></a> is a 1996 American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thrillerFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thrillerFilm</span></a> written and directed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidKoepp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidKoepp</span></a> (in his feature directorial debut) and starring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KyleMacLachlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KyleMacLachlan</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElisabethShue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElisabethShue</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DermotMulroney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DermotMulroney</span></a>. The film follows the downward spiral of society during a widespread and lengthy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/powerOutage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerOutage</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthernCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernCalifornia</span></a>. The film was inspired by the 1978 documentary television series <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Connections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Connections</span></a>, and the 1960 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTwilightZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTwilightZone</span></a> episode "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet</span></a>", which starred Koepp's uncle.</p>