IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0286751/
Official site: http://www.pulsefilm.net/
Trailer: http://www.pulsefilm.net/

After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister going on?

Opening this Friday at Galaxy Cinema. Showtimes at 2:00, 4:35, 7:00, 9:30. $5.50 tickets for students at all times. Come see it!

"You hate to call a ghost movie haunting, but there it is. It sticks around and rattles."
-- Carina Chocano, LOS ANGELES TIMES

"There are very few moments in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's fiercely original, thrillingly creepy horror movie that don't evoke a dreamlike dread of the truly unknown."
-- Anita Gates, NEW YORK TIMES

"With brooding visuals and a thematically charged text, Kairo warns against the destructive, dehumanizing power of the internet."
-- Stina Chyn, FILM THREAT

"Kurosawa's concept of an instant-messenger-aided apocalypse is honestly one of the eeriest, most lyrical visions I've ever seen on a screen."
-- Andrew Wright, THE STRANGER (SEATTLE, WA)


I haven't seen it yet, but I'm pretty excited. I'll post again after I've seen it.

12/8/2005 12:48:06 PM

sounds kinda stupid to me, but let us know how it goes.

12/8/2005 12:49:45 PM

I honestly wouldn't be interested if it weren't for the reivews. I fucking hated Ju-On and didn't really like Ringu either. So we'll see.

12/8/2005 12:52:51 PM

there's an american version of this coming out really soon.

america needs to start getting original again, instead of re-making foreign films, re-making old films, and creating unnecessary prequels.

12/8/2005 1:47:48 PM

^
i applaud you.

12/8/2005 2:08:51 PM

For saying something everybody's been saying for years.

12/8/2005 2:12:27 PM

damn straight

12/8/2005 2:19:20 PM

ngatru

12/8/2005 2:22:05 PM

i dont see a problem remaking an interesting foreign film to be more "american." i liked the ring a lot more than ringu. it is no worse than revamping a shakespearean idea and calling it your own.

12/8/2005 2:24:00 PM

I think The Ring was a much better movie than Ringu. There have certainly been American remakes of foreign films that have been good, but most have probably sucked. Alas, this discussion has been had a million times before.

12/8/2005 3:20:25 PM

http://imdb.com/title/tt0095924/

12/8/2005 5:39:47 PM

I bet it's boring

12/8/2005 6:38:52 PM

i hope the monster is a schoolgirl in her underwear

12/8/2005 6:57:04 PM

I'm going ..i like creepy japanese movie

BTW, ^^^^ Do you have any chance to get "NANA" (japanese movie) to Galaxy ?

12/8/2005 8:32:16 PM

It doesn't look like it has an American distributor. If I hear anything about it, I'll let you know.

12/8/2005 9:00:37 PM

Quote :

"For saying something everybody's been saying for years."

oh, i know. i don't think i'm being original at all.

and i agree, some foreign films are succeeding better in america as american remakes, and that's simply due to what a foreign audience wants in comparison to what an american audience wants.

my only applause for remakes is that often it's the only way newer generations will experience the older movies. good remakes are ok. remakes for the sake of remaking something and trying to cash in a few extra bucks is fucking pointless... especially when the original is only 10-20 years old.

on another note, i haven't been able to locate anything on the american version of "pulse." i want to say it's the same title, and i remember seeing the preview in theaters within the past 5 months.

12/9/2005 1:49:36 PM

http://imdb.com/title/tt0454919/

is that not the american version?

its got ian somerhalder, the guy that played boone on Lost. and of course the illustrious actress, christina milian.

12/9/2005 3:56:19 PM