I found out about this film from watching a youtube video entitled "10 Asian Horror Films You Must See" or some such. I had already seen four of them, all of which I had liked or loved, so I figured maybe the other six were as good.
I downloaded five of them, watched three, and one out of the three was fantastic (not actually on the list; this one was a title recommended in the comments), one was just OK (not very scary), and the other one wasn't really a horror film. Then I came to Pulse.
This movie was so slow and boring, I kept nodding out. I just didn't get what was supposed to be scary about it; it seemed like a very dated movie that was produced when the internet was just starting to go mainstream, and the director capitalized on the novelty of the world wide web to make a silly, low budget nonsense film about ghosts invading the world of the living through the internet.
This "end of the world" scenario didn't make any sense; it was just a gimmick kind of idea gussied up with cheap ghost effects and cheesy images of the spirits intoning various cryptic messages about eternal loneliness. This is supposed to be scary? It was more like a "Blair Witch Project" kind of deal, which some people were frightened by and others, like myself, who thought it just a bore and waste of time.
By the time the lame ending finally rolled around, I was left feeling like a sucker for bothering to make it to the credits. Very frustrating experience and I hope I have convinced you to not bother with this piece of crap.
I downloaded five of them, watched three, and one out of the three was fantastic (not actually on the list; this one was a title recommended in the comments), one was just OK (not very scary), and the other one wasn't really a horror film. Then I came to Pulse.
This movie was so slow and boring, I kept nodding out. I just didn't get what was supposed to be scary about it; it seemed like a very dated movie that was produced when the internet was just starting to go mainstream, and the director capitalized on the novelty of the world wide web to make a silly, low budget nonsense film about ghosts invading the world of the living through the internet.
This "end of the world" scenario didn't make any sense; it was just a gimmick kind of idea gussied up with cheap ghost effects and cheesy images of the spirits intoning various cryptic messages about eternal loneliness. This is supposed to be scary? It was more like a "Blair Witch Project" kind of deal, which some people were frightened by and others, like myself, who thought it just a bore and waste of time.
By the time the lame ending finally rolled around, I was left feeling like a sucker for bothering to make it to the credits. Very frustrating experience and I hope I have convinced you to not bother with this piece of crap.