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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781404934054
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404934057
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: October 04, 2005
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 33264
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1988
Editorial Review:
Description:
In today's world of modern conveniences, everything we rely on is run by electricity. But what happens if the power we take for granted turns against us? Old man Holger (Charles Tyner) knows. He claims electricity is a living presence, whose voice can only be silenced by getting rid of anything that can hear it. Bill Rockland (Cliff De Young), however, refuses to believe him. It must have been an accident when an electric spark ruptured the gas pipe that nearly killed Bill's son (Joey Lawrence). And it's surely a coincidence when his wife (Roxanne Hart) is severely scalded by their electric water heater. But when his own power tools attack him and an electrical fire turns their home into a blazing inferno, Bill realizes Holger may have been right after all, and perhaps the time has come to finally pull the plug.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - OK Movie but Superb transfer to DVD (2005 edition)
I purchased this DVD from the bargain bin at a audio store and the movie itself was OK, more like a made-for-TV movie. While the acting was fine, the plot was somewhat weak. Unfortunately, as another reviewer note, no explanation was given as to why these strange occurences (the electricity gone berserk) were happening--what it meant--or what all of this was leading to. Instead, the individuals beset with these ordeals were thought to be merely crazy. The story would have been so much better if ... Read More
Rating:  - Alive
A house wiring is alive it seems. His stepmother got burned in the shower, the heating is always on, the television set has this weird blue line in it all the time, and a neighbor just died of the same thing. Good Movie, kinda old.
Rating: - A Little Known Gem
Pulse is a little seen movie from 1988 starring Cliff DeYoung, Roxanne
Hart, and Joey Lawrence. It is a classic example of the paranoid plot.
Is there something causing the electrical appliances to take on a life
of their own? Or are all the strange goings on due to logical explana-
tions? 12 year old Joey is terrified while visiting his dad's house in
L.A. following his parent's divorce. Seems the TV and washer and dis-
posal have a mind of their own. Creepy ... Read More
Rating: - "Do you think something could be wrong with the electricity?"
I have a mental block...whenever I hear the name of actor Cliff De Young, I immediately picture Dennis De Young, former lead singer of the band Styx. So when I saw Cliff De Young was one of the stars of the film Pulse (1988), I thought to myself "Wow, I didn't know Mr. Roboto made a movie." Interestingly enough, Cliff did actually start out in the music industry in a band called Clear Light, in the late 1960s. Once the group broke up, he began appearing on Broadway, eventually making it into movies. ... Read More
Rating:  - WEAK PULSE
In spite of its intriguing premise, PULSE ultimately falls flat due to its slow pace and mediocre performances. The story focuses on a mysterious lightning storm that somehow converts electrical energy into a self-serving, intelligent killer. A little boy (Joey Lawrence) is visiting his father and new bride in California and he is convinced there are voices in the electricity. Cliff DeYoung is lifeless in his role as dad; Roxanne Hart brings some conviction to her role as the new wife. We're never really ... Read More
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