Pulse (DVD, 2006, Unrated Widescreen Edition)

Think the RING + White Noise x Cell

Overall Pulse is a pretty good horror film. It's creepy, tense, and terrifying. Halfway through I began to realize just how much this movie is like the book Cell by Stephen King (Even though Cell was a lot cooler). Since I doubt we'll ever see Cell hit the big screens, this is what we have, and in my mind it's pretty decent.

Only two characters stand out Kristin Bell and Ian Somerhalder and they're not that great. The rest of the cast seems so uninvolved. There's not much dialogue in this film, which is alright because it is a B-Level Horror Film.

The Ghosts in the Machine are really creepy, and there are some scenes that freaked me out.

The hilight of this movie for me however wasn't the movie itself, but the short documentary in the bonus features. It explains the phenomenon behind Pulse and even shows you real life photographs. Whether you believe in EVP or White Noise, it certainly gives you something to think about.

Final Verdict:

3/5

Rent or Buy?: I love horror films, but I probably won't be buying this one right away. I'll wait until I can get it for under $10, you should do the same.

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After reading reviews of this film it left me with mixed feelings as to whether or not it would be good enough to buy, and lets just say I was not dissapointed. The story starts off with the death of a group of college students friend, and they are left wondering why. Then they start uncovering more and more behind why things are happening, and here's where it starts to get good. For me, this was such a good film because it's story is about something that really could happen in our modern world. You have to see it to know what I'm talking about, but trust me you won't be dissapointed at all!!!

scary movie!This one will keep you on the edge of your seats!I'd recommend this movie to anyone who likes scary movies!

This movie was ok. It is more of a Suspense movie. Not really scarey, just alot of "jump outs". The movie was ok, has some filler parts, & then the ending just cuts off & leaves you hanging. Ok if you like these types of movies.

Wes Craven co-wrote this Japanese horror thriller and Jim Sonzero directed.

Mattie (Kristen Bell), is a student whose boyfriend, Josh (Jonathan Tucker) gets mixed up with the supernatural otherworld when he somehow pulls entities from another dimension when he writes a computer program that uses untapped band-width frequencies. Josh feels that there is no escape from these evil beings so he hangs himself close to the start of the film.

Mattie and her best friends Isabbell (Christina Milian), Stone (Rick Gonzalez), and Tim (FREAKS AND GEEKS veteran Samm Levine), start getting a message on the computer from Josh who they know is dead. This leads Mattie to trace down Josh's missing computer which winds up in the hands of Dexter (Ian Somerhalder).

The story becomes very bizarre when the original partner of Josh is found taping himself shut in his apartment with Red Masking Tape and ranting that there is no escape.

It's really too bad that Stephen King's Cell will probably never be made into a film, but we have to wait and see about that.

Dexter finds an antivirus program that Josh had been working on and attempts to load it on to the main server at the computer center. That's when Mattie gets a glimpse of the other side. Dexter and Mattie soon depart outside the city limits and are attacked while riding in their car. The soon discover that the cell phones dead zones are their only salvation. Mattie finally throws away there cell phone.

Elia Cmiral's eerie score adds to the tension.

I'm going to give this film a 4/5 for spookiness inside of technology.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It isn't the best I've seen, but it definitely isn't the worst. It might take a few times watching it to completely understand what's going on. I saw the trailer on the Lucky # Slevin DVD and HAD to get it. I'm not disappointed.

This is the toughest one for me to rate and review. It was not bad, but not great, honestly. But for the price, I did not go wrong. Another great reason to buy preplayed on Ebay (if you don't love it, you were not out of much). This one was a real steal, so I can not say much bad about it. If I had to do it all over again, I would still do so. I was buying others, just wanted something cheap that I had not seen before to make the shipping combined and better. Buying preplayed on Ebay is smart when it comes to DVD Movies and Audio CD's, trust me on that one. I can not thank Ebay enough as well as the many great reputable sellers who make these deals possible to those like myself on a serious budget. So go ahead - buy it.

I always wanted to see this movie, it looked really Awesome!!! I now have a completed Pulse series, and I don't regret buying this movie. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, especially when you watch it alone in the dark. Great movie and I recomend everyone to see it, who loves horror.

The Japanese Horror remake fad seems to be coming to an end, and at these points we can reflect on the half decade trend and see what hit and missed. Starting with "The Ring", and followed in popularity with "The Grudge", both were generally well regarded. Then we had the string of inferior sequels, and straight mistakes starring assorted late 90s WB alumni that were only good for a few BOO! scenes. "Pulse" got a bad rap. Like so many late entries in a dying genre, they tend to get instantly disregarded when audiences decide they've had about enough of that genre. When in fact, a "fad" genre, whatever it may be, tends to go out with a talented bang yet gets the notice of a whimper. Take the late 80s/early 90s Hair metal, when metal was beginning to burn out and a softer, grungier rock was taking it's place. Indeed some of the greatest, technical, accomplished music was released in that genre near the end of it's run, and it was forgotten. Dare I mention the easily laughed upon but incredibly talented debut album from "Winger"? Had it come out 3 years prior, it would have been praised as a new messiah. I feel "Pulse" is in the same ballpark, unfortunately. I personally believe it's one of the best in the Japanese remake genre, and due to it's timing, it never got a break.

"Pulse" takes modern electronics (only computers, cell phones, and the internet are catalysts, though why only PC items are carriers is not explained) that the dead use to attempt to break through to the world the once knew. A young computer programmer found the frequencies that the dead travel by mistake while working on a University funded grant in attempts to save a dying investment to create new lines of communication, and the story begins some time later as the dead begin to leak into our world.

The story is genuinely creepy, the enviroments are eerie, and I was totally into the story, and by the end, I wanted more. I wanted to understand more and felt some of the plot could have been flushed out a bit more in place of the constant "ghost in the reflection" jump scenes, and if there is a flaw, that would be the one I'd be vocal about. When the main characters meet the tormented "founder" of the epidemic who is greatly knowledgable on the event at hand, he explains things very quickly and it seems you get just enough information to want more. Then to the next scare scene. I wish they would have dived a bit deeper into that area and the telecom students who discovered this. If you watch the deleted scenes, these plot points are fleshed out a bit deeper, but still not to my satisfaction.

"Pulse" is fun. It's fairly intelligent, has some good scares, and manages to create a very dark and gloomy enviroment that ties greatly into the stories' ultimate commentary on being alone as a result of death, and our denial of coping with dying as displayed by the ghosts' unwillingness to leave our world and attempt to keep returning to the world they once knew. Wes Craven had a fairly large hand in creating this film, and his experience in Horror is evident in this film. I can easily recomend it, and compared to "One Missed Call" and "Shutter", I honestly believe "Pulse" should be awared a Nobel Prize.

scary movie. not gross, but creepy.

Drags a bit in spots. Monster when it finally shows up is leaning
a bit toward silly. Ending was a bit predictable.

Might serve as an intro for a post-apocalypse movie or series.

This movie looked way better in the previews. It was a slow movie and had a wierd premiss. I was disappointed, but I do have pretty high standards for movies. I would say that this movie is worth seeing once but Im not sure Id watch it again.

Movie in great condition, and No defects. Shipping was great and within said time frame. Great seller. I would buy again soon. Shipping cost was a little high for one DVD. Otherwise great experience.

I had never seen it. It was a good film. thank you so much. Really fast shipping & new in package. Just like the item was discribed.

Great price, good horror flick! Points of suspense, really not that scary, but a good movie still. Based on super natural forces connecting through human devices such as computers and cell phones.

I did not find this movie to be very scary and in fact I was so bored with the slow moving plot that I'm not sure if the life sucking spirits were alien or not. Should have been described as a documentary-haven't you ever felt the life being drained from you as you sit in front of the computer? And have you seen the way some people drive while using their cell or other device? Real life interaction with electronic devices is way more scary. They could have explained the red duct tape better or does that mean even they have to go through Red Tape to get to your life essence? Might watch it again someday but not anytime soon.

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I realy liked this movie for the unexpected ending. I never seen this movie before I bought it and if I had the chance I would buy it a gain.my item came as discribed.

I love this movie. I was able to purchase it on e-bay for a reasonable price and it arrived promptly and in excellent condition.

Unfortunately, the DVD I bought was probably stolen from some video rental shop as it had some stickers, and even the disc featured rental's adress, which was crossed with a marker. The DVD had lots of marks and scrathces - some scens were unplayeble. I was very dissapointed

I brought this three weeks ago, I really liked the story. Don't watch alone if you are not brave enough.

Well it took a while to get it... b/c some ebay member stole my money/ to make a long story short they ended up getting off ebay... So i tried again this time from someone else and it got it in no time great ebay member.... the movie was in great condition.... i liked it....

This item was purchased as a Christmas gift. The person for whom Pulse was purchased is an avid horror flick fan. He rated this movie as "ok". He felt that the ending could have been better.

Pulse is not your ordinary horror film and that is why I choose to purchase this. The ending is not typical of the recent horror film movies released in the past several years and this movie cannot be mistaken as a "rip-off" of any other. I can't say I disliked anything other than it ended. I hope to see a sequel to this movie but it will take a lot to compare to the first. Maybe this will be a trilogy.