Pulse (2006/I)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

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:

Computer | Technology | Epidemic | Virus | Psychology

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
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
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	....	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
Bogdan Holbura	....	second second assistant director
Paula Janos	....	second assistant director: Los Angeles
Leah King	....	additional assistant director: re-shoot
Maria Nita	....	second assistant director
Marius Olteanu	....	third assistant director
Eric A. Pot	....	first assistant director: Los Angeles
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
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
Datach'i	....	sound designer
Gary Day	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Michael J. Fox	....	adr supervisor
Chris Hixon	....	boom operator: additional photography
Bill Jenkins	....	sound editor
Peter D. Lago	....	sound designer
Peter D. Lago	....	sound effects editor
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
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
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator: additional effects
Josh Hakian	....	special effects coordinator: reshoots
Ciurlin Melania	....	special makeup effects

Visual Effects by
Jance Allen	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Shadi Almassizadeh	....	compositor: The Orphanage (as Farshad Almassizadeh)
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
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
Peter Demarest	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Justin Denton	....	animator
Thomas R. Dickens	....	visual effects
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor: The Orphanage
Mary Dowd	....	digital compositor
Arin Finger	....	visual effects digital production manager: The Orphanage
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: CafeFX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Chad Goei	....	digital compositor
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	visual effects
Christopher Hagerthy	....	digital effects artist: Live Wire Productions
Michael Hall	....	tools developer
Heather Han	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Eric Heavens	....	digital compositor
Paul Hettler	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Chris Holmes	....	visual effects supervisor: ICO Entertainment Inc.
Eloisa Honrada	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Jessica Hsieh	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Marc Jakubowicz	....	visual effects editor
Steve Jaworski	....	compositing supervisor: The Orphanage
Richard Kidd	....	visual consultant
Michael Kirylo	....	digital effects artist
Robyn Marie Kralik	....	digital compositor
Ed Kramer	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Marc Leidy	....	digital effects artist
Michael Lester	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Chris Longo	....	visual effects producer
James Mastracco	....	visual effects editor
Kyle McCulloch	....	compositor: The Orphanage
Neil Michka	....	lead animator: The Orphanage
Mark Moore	....	concept artist
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Sookie Park	....	digital compositor
Christopher Paul	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Dave Piedra	....	digital compositor
Dave Piedra	....	storyboard artist
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	....	visual effects
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects producer
Andrew Schneider	....	animator: The Orphanage
Andrew Schwartz	....	senior compositor: ICO
Kristen Simmons	....	visual effects producer: Live Wire Productions
Scott Simmons	....	visual effects: Live Wire Productions
Adam Simpson	....	visual effects editor
Nick Sinnott	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Dereck Sonnenburg	....	digital artist: Live Wire Productions
Takashi Takeoka	....	digital compositor
Eric Texier	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Ryan Michael Todd	....	digital artist: The Orphanage (as Ryan Todd)
Kevin Tuxford	....	digital effects 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
Annie V. Wong	....	digital compositor
Tiffany Wu	....	matchmove/roto coordinator: The Orphanage
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
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
Aidan Stanford	....	laboratory color timer
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3

Music Department
Elia Cmiral	....	orchestrator
Elia Cmiral	....	score synth programmer
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Ran Galor	....	music editor
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Andrew Raiher	....	music programmer
Shie Rozow	....	music editor
David G. Russell	....	music score programmer
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
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)
• Weinstein Company, The (2006) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

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

Other Companies

• 1741  titles
• Biomedica International  medical services
• Castel Film Romania  production facilities
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Live Wire Productions & Visual FX  visual effects
• Monkeyland Audio  post-production sound services
• NovaStar Digital  sound re-recording

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 Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | South Africa:16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

Wes Craven was once set to direct, but bailed out, which led the film to be officially canned at one point

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mattie enters her apartment at the beginning of the movie, she is wearing blue jeans. Then, while reading in bed, she is wearing light brown slacks. During her walk from her bed to Izzie's room, she is wearing the light brown slacks and suddenly has blue jeans on again.

Quotes:

Dexter McCarthy: It was your friend's computer. Did he get off on the stuff? Was he shooting those videos and selling them on-line? What was he doing?
Mattie Webber: Josh tied a phone cord around his neck and hanged himself - that's what he was doing?

Movie Connections:

References Saw (2004)

Soundtrack:

Esto Es Lo Que Hay

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.