It's not about blood, gore and oozing innards but unsettling creepiness that gets under a moviegoer's skin and makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
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Pulse (2006)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:2
Rotten:17
Average Rating:3.3/10
Consensus: Another stale American remake of a successful Japanese horror film, Pulse bypasses the emotional substance of the original and overcompensates with pumped-up visuals and every known horror cliche.
Theatrical Release:Aug 11, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $20,230,986
Synopsis: Jim Sonzero's remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Japanese horror hit KAIRO (2001) is a techno-thriller cowritten by Wes Craven (SCREAM, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET). Kristen Bell (VERONICA MARS) stars as... [More]
Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Rick Gonzalez, Samm Levine
Director: Jim Sonzero
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Reviews for Pulse
1 - 19 (sorted by date)
Top CriticA handful of creepy visuals can't make up for a mountain of shortcomings.
08/19/06
Top CriticIt would have been a lot scarier if the film's college kids, haunted by comrades who stare back at them from cyber-hell, looked like they had lives worth saving.
08/18/06
Top CriticThe remake begins with the same premise and appropriates the most striking visuals, grafting them onto a more explicable but equally dull George Romero-style doomsday scenario.
08/17/06
Top CriticThe J-horror remake wheel spins again, spitting out this pathetic Americanization of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's apocalyptic fable.
08/15/06
Top CriticThe technophobic horror flick Pulse is a cautionary tale that could have been dreamed up by a frustrated parent: If you don't get off of that computer, kids, you'll turn into a zombie.
08/14/06
Top CriticMost contemporary Japanese horror movies concentrate on mood and don't much bother with plot. But this brain-dead remake is full of yammering about suicide clusters, flu epidemics and hard drives.
08/14/06
Top CriticHideously ugly to look at and not even worth following.
08/14/06
Top CriticThe American version of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse mimics the plot fundamentals, but lacks any traces of Mr. Kurosawas creepy minimalism and conceptual rigor.
08/14/06
Top CriticPulse is most cunning in its overarching theme: What Americans have to fear most are hidden dangers in their midst.
08/14/06
Top CriticWhat's the lesson here? Should we all be talking to each other with two cans and a string?
08/14/06
Top CriticLike Naomi Watts and Sarah Michelle Gellar before her, Bell spends this Hollywood remake of a Japanese cult hit at an emotional dead end.
08/14/06
Top CriticThe Internet is trying to kill you. Your cellphone also seems to be nursing a serious grudge. They may both be conspiring with your Blackberry... and your TiVo... and possibly your washing machine.
08/12/06
Top CriticSitting through this movie is a joyless chore. Pulse doesn't have one.
08/12/06
Top CriticThe movie is far from great, but it certainly holds your attention.
08/12/06
Top CriticA dumbed-down remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's disturbingly abstract Japanese horror film.
08/12/06
Top CriticThis techno-themed horror film isn't nearly as scary as watching your computer crash.
08/12/06
Top CriticIt's intended as an indictment of our overdependence on communications devices, but the premise is out-of-this-world unbelievable.
08/12/06
Top CriticAn hour into the movie, I shut out the story and dialogue entirely and just focused on the visuals. That made the boring Bell and the cast of third-string teen movie supporting players somehow easier to bear.
08/12/06
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