Synopsis
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.
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Cast
- Kristen BellMattie
- Ian SomerhalderDexter
- Christina MilianIsabelle Fuentes
- Rick GonzalezStone
- Jonathan TuckerJosh
- Samm LevineTim
- Octavia SpencerLandlady
- Ron RifkinDr. Waterson
- Joseph GattDark Figure
- Kel O'NeillDouglas Zieglar
Recommendations
- 63
TV Guide Magazine
To say Wes Craven's rewrite of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 "Pulse" isn't as bad as it could have been sounds like faint praise, but Kurosawa's "Pulse" is one of the true masterpieces of recent Asian horror, and the track record for Hollywood horror redos isn't great. - 50
Boston Globe
If Pulse is unsurprising as a horror movie (come on: chalky, soul-sucking freaks again?), as a campaign against the Internet, digital piracy, cellphones, and anything that computes anything (like laptops or brains), it's a riot. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A horror film dealing with the terrors lurking via our computers, cell phones and other electronic devices, Pulse isn't nearly as scary as watching your hard drive crash or having your BlackBerry conk out in the middle of a vital call. - 30
Variety
A dumbed-down remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's disturbingly abstract Japanese horror film. - 25
New York Daily News
Hideously ugly to look at and not even worth following. - 25
New York Post
Pulse bears more than a slight resemblance to a 1994 American horror called "Ghost in the Machine." They didn't screen that stinker in advance for critics, either. - 25
ReelViews
It's not scary, it's not chilling, and it's not interesting. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Tedious, baffling and ultimately laughable.
