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Pulse (1988)

PG_13  95 min  -  Sci-Fi | Thriller | Horror   -  4 March 1988 (USA)
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An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Golding

Writer:

Paul Golding

Stars:

Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart and Joseph Lawrence
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cliff De Young ...
Bill Rockland
Roxanne Hart ...
Ellen Rockland
Joseph Lawrence ...
David Rockland (as Joey Lawrence)
Matthew Lawrence ...
Stevie
Charles Tyner Charles Tyner ...
Old Man Holger
Dennis Redfield Dennis Redfield ...
Pete
Robert Romanus ...
Paul
Myron Healey Myron Healey ...
Howard (as Myron D. Healy)
Michael Rider Michael Rider ...
Foreman
Jean Sincere ...
Ruby
Terry Beaver Terry Beaver ...
Policeman
Greg Norberg Greg Norberg ...
Policeman
Tim Russ ...
Policeman
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Storyline

An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances, either killing them or causing them to wreck the house in an effort to destroy it. Then it travels along the power lines to the next house, and the terror restarts. Having thus wrecked one household in a quiet neighbourhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy's divorced father whom he is visiting. It gradually takes control of everything, badly injures the stepmother, and traps father and son, who must fight their way out. Written by Cynan Rees <cynanrees@hotmail.com>  

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Power Line | Boy | Terror | Electricity | Police Car  | See more »

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It traps you in your own house... then pulls the plug. See more »

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller | Horror

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Choque Mortal See more »

Box Office

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$40,397 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Aspen Film Society, Columbia Pictures Corporation See more »
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Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The Rocklands address in 1947 Kenwood, that is one year after Kenwood Electronics started. See more »

Goofs

Boom mic visible: When David first arrives at the house a mic is visible for a moment above him and Ellen. The mic then pulls away being hidden by an archway. See more »

Quotes

Stevie: And when she turned it on it shot that metal thing right up into her face, shot it up just like a gun. Isn't that bad? It shot it up right through her eyeball!
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Features Starman (1984) See more »