2001 · horror · thriller
Pulse (2001)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa1h 59m2001
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.
Our read: Pulse (2001) (2001) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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