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Pulse

2001 · 1h 59m · Horror, Thriller, Mystery

IMDb 6.5 Metacritic 68 RT 76%

Watch it. 'Pulse' is a genuinely unsettling Japanese horror film that taps into real modern anxieties about isolation and technology—the RT score of 76% proves critics dug it, and while the IMDb is softer, this is exactly the kind of atmospheric, cerebral horror that rewards patient viewers. It's the rare horror film that's actually about something.

Plot

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast: Kumiko Aso, Haruhiko Kato, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo

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