"PULSE" was a film i remember catching always on t.v in the middle of the night & never from the beginning but i always watched what i could of it.
Yep back in the 90's i would often catch Pulse nearly half way through or so but always liked what i saw & always remembered it.
You cannot beat old school 80's movies from any genre, but Horror was mind blowing because of the use of practical effects that seemed like real movie magic.
A young boy goes to stay with his father & his father's girlfriend in a lovely Los Angeles suburbs where all the houses are nice big beautiful Looking places of comfort. But there's a sinister paranormal or extraterrestrial pulse that has travelled through electricity into the family home. The young boy David, starts to notice all the weird happenings in his dad's high-tech home & of course his father Bill doesn't believe him until things start to get more & more serious. All performances are very good for this type of fun 80's horror thriller. Cliff De Young is decent as the dad that just can't believe there's something sinister out to hurt his family. Cliff De Young was a good choice because he's such an ordinary Looking guy & so can play a hard working suburban father easily. I loved the family house it's so 80's & so cozy & the cinematographer lit it perfectly. The house is a character as we never see the evil pulse entity thingy, we just see electronic equipment going haywire & becoming dangerous & it's done so well that it works fine that we don't actually see a monster.
There's a fun cautionary tale to Pulse that is basically about relying to much on high-tech stuff (abit like the futuristic Tom Selleck sci-fi thriller RUNWAY,1984) but that film was more about actual Robots rather than electric equipment & appliances but similar still in nature of the fear of a high-tech futuristic world. Pulse felt similar in spirit to Maximum Overdrive (1986) with it's otherworldly signal travelling through electricity & infecting electrical equipment. The 80's did all best & made these films so full of excitement & fun.
Joey Lawrence as David (Bills son) & Roxanne Hart as Ellen (Bills wife) are great.
The big house is used perfectly to feel menacing & as a huge threat. I totally enjoyed this film as i love cozy suburban horror fun & Pulse fits in with the likes of Poltergeist & The 'Burbs for an example. The music is an awesome pure 80's expected horror score & film has a nice easy relaxing vibe to it.
I love 80's horror movies & sci-fi stuff & that's exactly what Pulse is & it works. Pulse is old school 80's fun horror filmmaking through & through & because of all its nice little qualities it makes it a nice time capsule of 80's Los Angeles 'burbs & for its time, high-tech household gadgets.
There's definitely a comforting Nostalgic feel to Pulse that makes you long for those good old past times again & makes you want to watch it again.
Yep back in the 90's i would often catch Pulse nearly half way through or so but always liked what i saw & always remembered it.
You cannot beat old school 80's movies from any genre, but Horror was mind blowing because of the use of practical effects that seemed like real movie magic.
A young boy goes to stay with his father & his father's girlfriend in a lovely Los Angeles suburbs where all the houses are nice big beautiful Looking places of comfort. But there's a sinister paranormal or extraterrestrial pulse that has travelled through electricity into the family home. The young boy David, starts to notice all the weird happenings in his dad's high-tech home & of course his father Bill doesn't believe him until things start to get more & more serious. All performances are very good for this type of fun 80's horror thriller. Cliff De Young is decent as the dad that just can't believe there's something sinister out to hurt his family. Cliff De Young was a good choice because he's such an ordinary Looking guy & so can play a hard working suburban father easily. I loved the family house it's so 80's & so cozy & the cinematographer lit it perfectly. The house is a character as we never see the evil pulse entity thingy, we just see electronic equipment going haywire & becoming dangerous & it's done so well that it works fine that we don't actually see a monster.
There's a fun cautionary tale to Pulse that is basically about relying to much on high-tech stuff (abit like the futuristic Tom Selleck sci-fi thriller RUNWAY,1984) but that film was more about actual Robots rather than electric equipment & appliances but similar still in nature of the fear of a high-tech futuristic world. Pulse felt similar in spirit to Maximum Overdrive (1986) with it's otherworldly signal travelling through electricity & infecting electrical equipment. The 80's did all best & made these films so full of excitement & fun.
Joey Lawrence as David (Bills son) & Roxanne Hart as Ellen (Bills wife) are great.
The big house is used perfectly to feel menacing & as a huge threat. I totally enjoyed this film as i love cozy suburban horror fun & Pulse fits in with the likes of Poltergeist & The 'Burbs for an example. The music is an awesome pure 80's expected horror score & film has a nice easy relaxing vibe to it.
I love 80's horror movies & sci-fi stuff & that's exactly what Pulse is & it works. Pulse is old school 80's fun horror filmmaking through & through & because of all its nice little qualities it makes it a nice time capsule of 80's Los Angeles 'burbs & for its time, high-tech household gadgets.
There's definitely a comforting Nostalgic feel to Pulse that makes you long for those good old past times again & makes you want to watch it again.