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Synopsis

Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made, PULSE tells the story of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own, and his subsequent, ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something more sinister afoot?

Predating many of the Japanese horror films that have been remade for American audiences, PULSE was originally purchased by Miramax in 2001 to make way for a re-make. Eschewing gore and easy shocks for a harrowing tone unique to his cinema, writer / director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has made a dense and complex film whose metaphysical and psychological resonance will last long after the chills have subsided.

Film Information

• Genre: Foreign / Horror
• Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Written By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Starring: Haruhiko Kata, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, and Kurume Arisaka
• Running Time: 119 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: Not Rated
• Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)
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Reviews

"If one masterpiece were to emerge from the recent glut of generally good quality Japanese horror movie, this chilling apocalyptic ghost story from Kyroshi Kurosawa is it."

   - Ken Fox, TV Guide

"Kurosawa leaves much of the explanation enigmatic but he fills the film with an eerie emptiness, where suicides erupt out of nowhere and mankind dissolves in an oily smudge of hopelessness, adrift between life and death."

   - Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"The most horrifying thing in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's fiercely original, thrillingly creepy Pulse (released as"

   - Anita Gates, The New York Times

"It's a horror movie for aficionados. But it's also for people who don't usually like horror movies at all, who regard them as cheap, crude and over-obvious.There's nothing cheap or crude in Pulse, a fine, shivery movie about the terror of solitude and emptiness."

   - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

"Like the best horror movies, it doesn't beat you over the head, splatter you, or fold, spindle and mutilate you. Rather, slowly and subtly, it creeps you out. You may go home and throw out your computer and lock the doors."

   - Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

Showtimes

• Wednesday, February 15th
  9:30 pm
• Thursday, February 16th
  9:15 pm
• Friday, February 17th
  9:15 pm, 11:45 pm
• Saturday, February 18th
  4:30 pm, 9:15 pm
• Sunday, February 19th
  7:00 pm
• Monday, February 20th
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, February 21st
  4:30 pm, 9:15 pm