Pulse (2001)

Original title

回路

Directed by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Genre

horror film, disaster film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 678 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college student and a plant shop worker each try to understand why people are disappearing after encountering ghostly figures that appear through the internet. As more people vanish, the two storylines slowly connect in a world haunted by lonely spirits.

eerielonelyslow-burnbleakunsettlingmelancholicminimalistsupernaturalquietly terrifying

What happens

Pulse (Japanese: 回路, Hepburn: Kairo; lit. 'Circuit') is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The plot follows two separate storylines in Japan that faces mass disappearances amidst a ghostly invasion of the real world via the Internet. One follows a college student, and the other follows a plant shop worker. The film received positive reviews and attracted a cult following. An English-language remake, Pulse, debuted in 2006 and produced two sequels. Kurosawa adapted the script into a novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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