Pulse

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	Kristen Bell	Mattie
	Ian Somerhalder	Dexter
	Christina Milian	Isabelle Fuentes
	Rick Gonzalez	Stone
	Jonathan Tucker	Josh
	Samm Levine	Tim
	Octavia Spencer	Landlady
	Ron Rifkin	Dr. Waterson
	Joseph Gatt	Dark Figure
	Kel O'Neill	Douglas Zieglar
	Zach Grenier	Professor Cardiff
	Riki Lindhome	Janelle
	John Burke	Newscaster
	Mike J. Regan	Phantom
	Steve Tom	Male Newscaster #2
	Robert Clotworthy	Calvin
	Moira Price	Sarah
	Di Quon	Christina
	Brad Dourif	Thin Bookish Guy
	Christine Barger	Goth Girl
	Josh Burian Mohr	Library Phantom
	Corryn Cummins	Crying Girl
	Grant George	U.S. Army Emergency Broadcaster
	Jeremy Guskin	R.A.
	Tate Hanyok	Cafe Girl

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Director	Jim Sonzero
Writer	Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Craven, Ray Wright
Producer	Brian Cox, Michael Leahy, Stephen Maloney, Jeff Maynard, Vlad Paunescu, Anant Singh, Joel Soisson, Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Musician	Elia Cmiral
Photography	Mark Plummer

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My quick rating - 5,3/10. Radarr turned up two sequels to this and I am not even sure I have watched it but it was hiding in the New Release folder. Figured I should watch and see if grabbing those others are worth it. I am unsure how much this borrows from Kairo which is a Japanese horror flick that translates to "Pulse" but I am assuming quite a bit. The screenplay is by Wes Craven so cannot be all bad. I found the "ghosts" to be pretty creepy looking and make for some good jump scares which was surely the intention of this one. I just found that the whole presentation didn't quite capture what it should have. The timeframe seemed off, and the fact that the world wide web wasn't something new kind of threw this one off. Maybe it would've worked better had it been set 10 years earlier. Just a thought I had while watching. Also, the way the "virus" spread was a bit strange in explanation. I did like the effects though as the undead appear and disappear in the entire dark world that is crafted here. The whole dismal atmosphere is creepy on its own so the fact that people are committing suicide left and right doesn't seem all that surprising. But when a couple of people, headed by Kristen Bell, begin to put the events together, they realize that those dying have found a way back through the airwaves and every screen with reception is a portal for them. This is the best part of the story since the plot that revolves around the clever premise drags it down. I still enjoyed the positives in this one even if it could've been better and I am sure the two sequels this flick talked me into including are going to be letdowns. You'll read about that prediction soon. You can check it out on MOST streamers for free or with ads, or click the poster below for Amazon.

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