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Impulse (1984)

R | | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 28 September 1984 (USA)
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After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour...

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Dr. Carr
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Bob Russell
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Eddie
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Margo
Claude Earl Jones ...
Sheriff
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Howard
Lorinne Vozoff ...
Mrs. Russell
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Man in Truck
Adam Baumgarten ...
Boy with Danny
Abigail Booraem ...
Mrs. Ashley
Leonard Burns ...
Pissing Man
Mary Celio ...
Mary Woodson
Jack T. Collis ...
Mr. Arson
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After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour...

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earthquake | one word title | shotgun | brother killed | gasoline fire | See All (60) »

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Imagine what would happen...if every desire, every urge, every passion, locked deep inside us all...suddenly exploded! See more »

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Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Impulse - Stadt der Gewalt  »

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Leonard Maltin gave it 1 1/2 stars, describing it as a "Plodding reverse variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - here everyone exhibits too much emotion." See more »

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Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Grizzly II: The Predator (2011) See more »

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BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS
Written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters
Performed by Loretta Lynn
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
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Inventive and disturbing
9 February 2000 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

The idea of a town going slowly mad is not an original one, but it's cleverly handled in this disturbing little film, which eschews gruesome horror in favour of an accumulation of telling detail. Well worth viewing.
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