Pulse (2006)

“Pulse” is a 2006 American remake of a Japanese film of the “Kairo, with a script by Wes Craven and Ray Wright. It’s another ghost film where technological advances with electrical devices make it possible to bridge the world of the living with the world of the dead. In this case, a programmer is responsible for finding a frequency that spirits are able to use to cross over into our world, and all he was trying to do was find an unused frequency for cell phone usage! These spirits are angry and evil and kill without provokaction. The only way to protect yourself is to completely cover your surroundings in a particular shade of red tape…or to be somewhere where there isn’t a phone or computer! There are a few plot holes here and there but if you ignore these the film is pretty enjoyable if you like stale characters and well used horror clichés. Um… the visuals are amazing! I liked it and I seem to be very forgiving of these mainstream, theater released ghost movies.

Favorite moment – The scene where Mattie watches her friend Isabelle die after being infected by a ghost.