Website Selling Marketing Contacts Analytics Scheduling Asset Library Settings Help mark coale [email protected] Blog Settings Add Post Search items… Clear ALL DRAFTS REVIEW SCHEDULED The Pulse Podcast - Episode 19 - Pulse/Kairo (2001) Dust in the Wind. What happened to Michi’s (Kumiko Aso) friend? From Pulse (2001). It’s spooky season, so let’s have a review of famous 2001 J-horror film Pulse aka Kairo [Circuit], written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurasawa. It’s literally a “ghost in the machine” plot, as it appears a group of Japanese students have found out the dead are trying to come back to our world through … the internet? Luckily, it’s 2001, so it takes a while thanks to dial-up. While some of the deaths are horrific, none are anything I’d call gory by 2023 standards. And not as many jump scares as you’d expect from a J-horror picture. And if sounds familiar, it’s because there was a 2006 American remake starring Kristen Bell and one of the guys from Lost who never seemed to become a breakout star. But dont make the mistake of watching the wrong one. The Japanese version is a somber reflection about loneliness and solitude, which certainly hits harder now in a post-COVID world. The other is a horrible remake that took the plot but not the soul of its predecessor. I mean, it’s so bad, that there’s a joke about it in another Kristen Bell movie (Finding Sarah Marshall). TEXT TAGS pulsehorrorfilmwhen it was coolkiyoshi kurasawakristen bellj-Horror CATEGORIES filmHallowe'enThe PLot Comments Off No comments allowed. Draft This post will not be visible.