Pulse (2006/I)

Director:

Jim Sonzero

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (screenplay) and
Ray Wright (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

You are now infected.

Plot:

When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.

Plot Keywords:

Technology | Computer | Psychology | Suicide | Epidemic

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kristen Bell	...	Mattie
Ian Somerhalder	...	Dexter
Christina Milian	...	Isabelle Fuentes
Rick Gonzalez	...	Stone
Jonathan Tucker	...	Josh
Samm Levine	...	Tim
Octavia Spencer	...	Landlady (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Ron Rifkin	...	Dr. Waterson
Joseph Gatt	...	Dark Figure
Kel O'Neill	...	Douglas Zieglar
Zach Grenier	...	Professor Cardiff
Riki Lindhome	...	Janelle
John Burke	...	Newscaster
Mike J. Regan	...	Phantom (as Mike Regan)
Steve Tom	...	Male Newscaster #2
Robert Clotworthy	...	Calvin
Moira Price	...	Sarah
Di Quon	...	Christina
Brad Dourif	...	Thin Bookish Guy
Christine Barger	...	Goth Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee Oliver Boyd	...	Newscaster #2 (uncredited)
Corryn Cummins	...	Crying Girl (uncredited)
Jeremy Guskin	...	R.A. (uncredited)
Tate Hanyok	...	Cafe Girl (uncredited)
John Jurgens	...	Über Phantom (uncredited)
Julie Lancaster	...	Female Newscaster (uncredited)
Josh Burian Mohr	...	Library Phantom (uncredited)
Amanda Tepe	...	Grad Student / Margaret (uncredited)

Directed by
Jim Sonzero

Writing credits (WGA)
Wes Craven		(screenplay) and
Ray Wright		(screenplay)
Kiyoshi Kurosawa		(2001 screenplay Kairo)

Produced by
Brian Cox	....	producer
Michael Leahy	....	producer
Stephen Maloney	....	associate producer
Jeff Maynard	....	post-production producer
Vlad Paunescu	....	executive producer: Romania
Anant Singh	....	producer
Joel Soisson	....	producer
Ron Cosmo Vecchiarelli	....	line producer (as Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli)
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Elia Cmiral

Cinematography by
Mark Plummer

Film Editing by
Robert K. Lambert
Bob Mori
Kirk M. Morri

Casting by
Floriela Grapini
Monika Mikkelsen
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Ermanno Di Febo-Orsini
Gary B. Matteson

Art Direction by
Michael Barton
Sorin Popescu

Set Decoration by
Adrian Curelea

Makeup Department
Adina Andrei	....	makeup assistant (as Alina Andrei)
Alexandra Barladeanu	....	assistant hair stylist
Blake Bolger	....	special makeup effects crew
Daniela Busoiu	....	key makeup artist (as Dana Busoiu)
Michael Davis	....	key hair stylist: US
Bonni Flowers	....	assistant makeup artist: U.S.
Letitia Ghenea	....	hair stylist
Jamie Grove	....	makeup effects crew
Snowy Highfield	....	makeup effects crew (as Peter Caine Highfield)
Steve Lawrence	....	makeup effects crew
Mark Maitre	....	makeup effects crew
Christopher Marlowe	....	makeup effects crew
Robert Maverick	....	assistant makeup artist: U.S. (as Rob Maverick)
Michael Mosher	....	key makeup artist: US
Ionel Popa	....	makeup effects technician
Mike J. Regan	....	special makeup effects artist (as Michael J. 'The Phantom' Regan)
Steve Solitto	....	assistant makeup artist: U.S.
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects creator
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	special makeup effects designer
Claire Jane Vranian	....	special makeup effects administrator

Production Management
Cristian Bostanescu	....	executive in charge of production
Florin Gon	....	location unit manager
Melanie Miller	....	additional production supervisor: Los Angeles
Lucia Pavlovschi	....	unit production manager (as Lucia Maghiar)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cristian Ciurea	....	first assistant director (as Cristi Ciurea)
Bogdan Holbura	....	second second assistant director
Paula Janos	....	second assistant director: Los Angeles
Leah King	....	additional second assistant director: Los Angeles
Maria Nita	....	second assistant director
Marius Olteanu	....	third assistant director
Eric A. Pot	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles
Brent Stanton	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	second unit director

Art Department
Anca Barsan	....	scenic painter
Jason lee Bartley	....	swing: LA shoot
Michael Barton	....	art director: Los Angeles
Cristia Chira	....	assistant set decorator
Raul Contreras	....	art department assistant
Cristina Cosma	....	on-set painter
Vlad Fisher	....	assistant set decorator
Jonathan Gesinski	....	storyboard artist
Viorel Ghenea	....	property master
Puscariu Grigore	....	assistant art director
Paul Herndon	....	conceptual designs
Paul Herndon	....	storyboard artist
Jules Mann	....	concept designer
Fabio Mascio	....	construction coordinator
Mihai Mircea	....	lead man
Eliot Mitchell	....	art department production assistant
Maria Romano	....	art department production assistant
Vlad Roseanu	....	assistant art director
Marina Starec	....	shopper
Bonnie Temple	....	prop shopper
Marius Trandafir	....	leadman
Mona Damian Ulmu	....	assistant set decorator
Doru Vlad	....	scenic painter
Casandra Wasaff	....	art department assistant
Amanda Weaver	....	set dresser: Los Angeles

Sound Department
Steven Avila	....	sound designer
Steven Avila	....	sound effects editor
Jose Barocio	....	boom operator
Trip Brock	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Day	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Michael J. Fox	....	adr supervisor (as Michael Fox)
Joseph Fraioli	....	sound designer
Chris Hixon	....	boom operator: additional photography
Bill Jenkins	....	sound editor (as William Jenkins)
Peter D. Lago	....	sound designer (as Peter Lago)
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor (as Peter Lago)
Jim Lakin	....	sound mixer: second unit
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Melissa Oivanki	....	assistant sound editor
Melissa Oivanki	....	post sound coordinator
Rick Owens	....	foley artist
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Mark Rozett)
Steven Utt	....	transfer engineer
Kelly Vandever	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Whitver	....	first assistant sound editor
Brian S.M. Wroth	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Chris Cline	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Jeff Denes	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator: additional effects
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator: reshoots
Ciurlin Melania	....	special makeup effects
Joe Walker	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles

Visual Effects by
Jance Allen	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Shadi Almassizadeh	....	compositor: The Orphanage (as Farshad Almassizadeh)
Sean Applegate	....	3D artist: Engine Room
Lisa Arianna	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital
Allan Arinduque	....	creature rigger: The Orphanage
Barry Armour	....	CG supervisor: The Orphanage
Kevin Baillie	....	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage
Christy Beckert	....	digital effects artist
Jessica Behnam	....	visual effects production assistant: The Orphanage
Doug Beswick	....	3D animation supervisor: Neo Digital
Dan Blank	....	lead compositor
Scott Bonnenfant	....	lead texture painter: The Orphanage
Owen Calouro	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Michael Caplan	....	visual effects producer
Jerry Castro	....	post production supervisor: The Orphanage
Steve Cho	....	digital compositor
Webster Colcord	....	animation supervisor: The Orphanage
August Coleman	....	digital compositor
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor: Neo Digital (as Matt Collorafice)
Peter Demarest	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Justin Denton	....	3D artist: Engine Room
Justin Denton	....	animator
Thomas R. Dickens	....	3D supervisor: Neo Digital
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor: The Orphanage
Mary Dowd	....	digital compositor
Rob Dressel	....	3D artist: Live Wire Productions
Arin Finger	....	visual effects digital production manager: The Orphanage
Jason Fotter	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: CafeFX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Chad Goei	....	digital compositor
Greg Groenekamp	....	senior compositor: ICO Entertainment
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	visual effects
Christopher Hagerthy	....	senior compositing artist: Live Wire Productions (as Chris Hagerthy)
Michael Hall	....	tools developer
Heather Han	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Tyra Hanshaw	....	visual effects producer: C-TRL Labs
Bruce Harris	....	senior compositor: ICO Entertainment
Eric Heavens	....	digital compositor
Paul Herndon	....	storyboard artist: Neo Digital
Paul Herndon	....	visual effects conceptual artist: Neo Digital
Paul Hettler	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Chris Holmes	....	visual effects supervisor: ICO Entertainment Inc.
Andrew Honacker	....	computer graphics supervisor: Engine Room
Eloisa Honrada	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Jessica Hsieh	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Marc Jakubowicz	....	visual effects editor
Steve Jaworski	....	compositing supervisor: The Orphanage
Nick Johnnides	....	3D animator: C-TRL Labs
Luke Jongbloed	....	digital artist: Live Wire Productions
Art Karkus	....	lead compositor: Neo Digital
Kareem K.H.	....	rotoscope artist
Richard Kidd	....	3D artist: Live Wire Productions
Richard Kidd	....	visual consultant
Michael Kirylo	....	3D artist: Engine Room (as Mike Kirylo)
Michael Kirylo	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital (as Mike Kirylo)
Robyn Marie Kralik	....	digital compositor: Neo Digital (as Robyn Kralik)
Ed Kramer	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Tim Landry	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital
Marc Leidy	....	digital effects artist
Michael Lester	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Van Ling	....	digital artist: Live Wire Productions
Chris Longo	....	visual effects producer: Neo Digital (as Christopher Longo)
James Mastracco	....	visual effects editor
Erik Mattson	....	3D artist: Live Wire Productions (as Eric Mattson)
Kyle McCulloch	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Neil Michka	....	lead animator: The Orphanage
Mark Moore	....	concept artist
Kevin Muller	....	visual effects production support: Neo Digital
Bill Murphy	....	visual effects production support: Neo Digital
Eugenia Nam	....	junior visual effects designer: C-TRL Labs
Vincent Nuñez	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage
Nika Offenbac	....	graphic design supervisor: C-TRL Labs
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Pagano	....	animator: C-TRL Labs
Scott Pagano	....	visual effects designer: C-TRL Labs
Sookie Park	....	digital compositor
Christopher Paul	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Michael Pecchia	....	senior compositor: ICO Entertainment
Dave Piedra	....	digital compositor: Engine Room (as David Piedra)
Dave Piedra	....	storyboard artist: Neo Digital (as David Piedra)
Dave Piedra	....	visual effects conceptual artist: Neo Digital (as David Piedra)
Alexander Pouchkarev	....	modeler: The Orphanage
Alex Prichard	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Gerald Ragland	....	digital intermediate support colorist
Aaron Rhodes	....	rotoscope supervisor: The Orphanage
John Roden	....	compositor
Michael Roderick	....	digital compositor
Sammy Rodriguez	....	visual effects editor: The Orphanage (as Samuel Cirenio Rodriguez)
Steve O. Rodriguez	....	digital intermediate colorist
Corey Rosen	....	creature supervisor: The Orphanage
Salvador Ruiz	....	animator: The Orphanage
Jesse Russell	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Marc Sadeghi	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage
Jared Sandrew	....	lead compositor: Neo Digital
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects producer
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects supervisor: Engine Room
Andrew Schneider	....	animator: The Orphanage
Andrew Schwartz	....	senior compositor: ICO
Kristen Simmons	....	visual effects producer: Live Wire Productions
Scott Simmons	....	visual effects supervisor: Live Wire Productions
Adam Simpson	....	visual effects editor
Devan Simunovich	....	graphic design supervisor: C-TRL Labs
Nick Sinnott	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Dereck Sonnenburg	....	3D artist: Live Wire Productions
Dereck Sonnenburg	....	digital artist: Live Wire Productions
Takashi Takeoka	....	digital compositor: Neo Digital (as Takeshi Takeoka)
Eric Texier	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Andrew Tilles	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital
Ryan Michael Todd	....	digital artist: The Orphanage (as Ryan Todd)
Kevin Tuxford	....	digital effects artist: Live Wire Productions
Kevin Tuxford	....	senior compositing artist: Live Wire Productions
Leslie Valentino	....	visual effects digital production manager: The Orphanage
Jeff Varga	....	digital artist
Carl Walters	....	editorial supervisor: The Orphanage
Alex Wang	....	look development supervisor: The Orphanage
Ken Wesley	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Dennis Wilkins	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Johnny Wilson	....	digital compositor
Stephen Wilson	....	visual effects
Scott Winston	....	digital artist
Amy W. Wong	....	digital effects artist: Neo Digital (as Amy Wong)
Annie V. Wong	....	digital compositor
Tiffany Wu	....	matchmove/roto coordinator: The Orphanage
Jeff Yona	....	visual effects production support: Neo Digital
V. Samundeswari	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Keith Adams	....	stunt double
Clayton J. Barber	....	stunt phantom arms
Allison Caetano	....	stunt double
Allison Caetano	....	stunt double: Kristen Bell
Damon Caro	....	stunt double
Ilram Choi	....	stunts
Jamie Isaac Conde	....	stunts
Stefan Dancea	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Danny Downey	....	stunt double: Ian Somerhalder
Hiro Koda	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Marcus	....	utility stunts
Attila Nemes	....	stunt coordinator
Marc Schaffer	....	stunt performer
Karin Silvestri	....	stunts
Steve Upton	....	stunt phantom arms

Camera and Electrical Department
Marius Alexandru	....	dolly grip
Bogdan Becleanu	....	grip
Laurentiu Bogatu	....	electrician
Daniel Ciobanu	....	generator operator
Calin Constantin	....	gaffer
Stelian Cretu	....	electrician
Cezar Dragan	....	electrician
Marian Ene	....	key grip
Florica George	....	electrician
Florin Ilinca	....	video assistant
Mike L. Jones	....	grip: Los Angeles
Erica Kim	....	electrician: Los Angeles
Gabriel Kosuth	....	director of photography: second unit
Cornel Lazia	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alexandre Lehmann	....	camera operator
Alexandre Lehmann	....	camera operator: Los Angeles
Jeff Mart	....	Steadicam operator
Michael Milella	....	key grip: Los Angeles
Sherri Miranda	....	assistant camera: Los Angeles
Mircea Modoi	....	still photographer
Peter Morenz	....	camera loader: Los Angeles
Patru Paunescu	....	assistant camera
Doru Perneac	....	electrician
Adrian Sandor	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Robert Smathers	....	focus puller: "a" camera (as Bob Smathers)
Octavian Sotir	....	assistant camera
James M. Sterba	....	additional first assistant camera
James M. Sterba	....	first assistant camera: re-shoots
Paul Ticu	....	electrician
Cristian Toader	....	electrician
Gheorghe Ursescu	....	best boy electric
Peter Velciov	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Chris Bustard	....	extras casting: Los Angeles
Venus Kanani	....	casting associate
Gene Vassilaros	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurentiu Alexe	....	costumer
Laura Ciobanu	....	costumer
Carmen Cristea	....	costumer
Oana Draghici	....	costume supervisor
Martine Granby	....	wardrobe assistant
Oana Paunescu	....	costume designer: Romania
Carmen Stefan	....	costumer
Anca Visan	....	assistant costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Pal Antal	....	assistant editor
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate producer
Rob Doolittle	....	senior digital on-line editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Brian Jones	....	first assistant editor
James Mastracco	....	assistant editor
Jason Pachomski	....	post-production assistant
Gerald Ragland	....	digital intermediate assistant
Steve Rodriguez	....	colorist
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3
Aidan Stanford	....	laboratory color timer
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3
Alex Romano	....	digital intermediate on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal services
Elia Cmiral	....	orchestrator
Elia Cmiral	....	score synth programmer
Jay Duerr	....	music editor
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Ran Galor	....	music editor
Sachiko Goto	....	scoring assistant
Sachiko Goto	....	scoring coordinator
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Vit Kral	....	music recording engineer: Prague
Rachel Levy	....	executive in charge of music
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Andrew Raiher	....	music programmer
Shie Rozow	....	music editor
David G. Russell	....	music score programmer (as David Glen Russell)
Steve Salani	....	music recording engineer: Los Angeles
Lee Scott	....	music editor
Brad Warnaar	....	orchestrator
John Whynot	....	score mixer
John Samuel Hanson	....	score programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Mihai Paul Andrei	....	driver
Florin Badea	....	driver
Marius Badea	....	driver
Marian Baltag	....	driver
Robert Ciobanu	....	driver
Dragos Constantinescu	....	driver
Marian Craciun	....	driver
Adrian Dolenschi	....	driver
Dorin Eftimie	....	driver
Aurel Falcescu	....	driver
Marian Florea	....	driver
Marian Manolescu	....	driver
Gheorghe Marian	....	driver
Marin Matei	....	driver
Alexandru Nedelea	....	driver
Andrei Pataki	....	driver
Dan Radulescu	....	driver
Stefan Sighireanu	....	driver
Sarmis Stamatescu	....	driver
Eugen Toma	....	driver

Other crew
Courtney Balaker	....	production executive (as Courtney Moorehead)
Madalina Bland	....	assistant to producers (as Madalina Simionescu)
Chris Conkling	....	production accountant
Simone De Camargo	....	post-production accountant
Arthur Dix	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Sarah DuBois	....	controller
Sarah DuBois	....	neo art and logic controller
Arthur Edmonds III	....	key assistant location manager
Alex Franklin	....	development executive
Justin Franklin	....	production assistant
Lily Garcia	....	production assistant
Chris A. Garnett	....	production assistant
Florin Gon	....	location manager
Viki Gospodaru	....	production accountant
Chase Hudson	....	production assistant
Cristi Hulea	....	production assistant
Florin Hulea	....	production assistant
Cristina Ivan	....	office secretary
Josh Katz	....	production assistant
Jeffrey E. Kramer	....	production assistant
Greg Kupiec	....	title designer
Gary Kurashige	....	on set medic
Heather Manross	....	assistant production accountant
Lavinia Mercea	....	production accountant
Pegi Murray	....	assistant: Mr. Sonzero
Jason Neudecker	....	production assistant
Mircea Cristian Nicolae	....	production assistant
Aaron Ockman	....	production executive
Ruxandra Popescu	....	production accountant
Letitia Rosculet	....	assistant: Mr. Sonzero, Romania
Eric Smith	....	title sequence creator
Cornelia Stefan	....	script supervisor
Matt Sullivan	....	production assistant
Oana Topliceanu	....	production coordinator
Alexandru Trandafira	....	production assistant
Gena Tudor	....	production assistant
Teresa Zales	....	production coordinator
Richard Lilly	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Stanley Longstreet	....	location scout (uncredited)

Thanks
Darren Lynn Bousman	....	thanks (as Darren Bousman)
Kevin Greutert	....	thanks (as Kevin Greutaert)

Production Companies

• Weinstein Company, The
• Distant Horizons
• Neo Art & Logic

Distributors

• Applause Entertainment (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2005) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Dimension Films (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Sky Films (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Tayrona Entertainment Group (2007) (Colombia) (theatrical) (as Cinemac Films)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Medyavizyon (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Two Hours in the Dark (creature and makeup effects)
• Neo Digital Imaging (visual effects) (as Neo Digital)
• Light Dog Films (additional visual effects)
• Live Wire Productions & Visual FX (digital effects) (as Live Wire Productions)
• Engine Room (visual effects)
• C-TRL Labs (visual effects)
• I.C.O. Entertainment (visual effects)
• Orphanage, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 1741  titles
• ARRI  dolly (as Arri - Munich, Germany)
• Biomedica International  medical services
• Castel Film Romania  cameras (as Castel Film)
• Castel Film Romania  production facilities
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Col This Music  music preparation (as Colthis)
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Live Wire Productions & Visual FX  visual effects
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  rights and clearances
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• Monkeyland Audio  re-recorded at
• NovaStar Digital  sound re-recording
• Orchestra.Net  orchestra
• Studio Forte  additional music recording and mixing
• Titra  dialogue: continuity and spotting

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi terror, disturbing images, language, sensuality and thematic material.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG | Indonesia:Dewasa | Taiwan:R-12 | Philippines:R-13 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (Edited for re-rating) | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U (cut) | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

Kirsten Dunst was set to star originally and was supposed to shoot before returning to the Spider-Man 2 (2004) set.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning you see a group of guys looking at a laptop, and later in the movie you see the same group sitting in same place looking at same laptop with the same windows open

Quotes:

[last lines]
Mattie Webber: We can never go back. The cities are theirs. Our lives are different now. The things that were supposed to connect us to each other, instead connected us to forces we could never have imagined. The world we know is gone, but the will to live never dies. Not for us... and not for them.

Movie Connections:

References Dragonfly (2002)

Soundtrack:

Delay the Wait

Not so horrible for a Saturday afternoon

We went to see PULSE yesterday afternoon (got to the theater too late for DESCENT). I have not seen the original KAIRO for comparison. So, it's not the worst movie I've ever seen, and not the best. Yes, it was slow to start and get to the point. But IMO it had a creepy, dark atmosphere (god, if I lived there I'd want to commit suicide in any case), the visuals weren't bad, and it had a few good scares. Unfortunately, it also depended on VOLUME to enhance the scare. If you're more of a gore fan, then it's probably not the movie for you. The movie may not be worth the price of a ticket, but I think it's worth a rental. Eh, I'm just your average moviegoer and don't watch movies to analyze them to death. I even liked The Grudge. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.