It's hilarious that the old man is actually named Old Man Holger when the credits roll. Phelous, it seems you have a knack turn obscure old men into funny jokes.
Oh God, that episode of "Wife Swap" where Andy Dick's ex-girlfriend is entirely against microwaves as she thinks they zap out nutrients and states some countries banned them...the kid's apprehension reminds me of that...
I remember reading collection of horror stories for kids with the exact same plot as this. Only that story was better because at least it sort of explains where the evil electricity came from (lighting shorting out the circuits. It's a stupid explanation but it's better than nothing). And there were actually many deaths in that story, all the main characters, who are all children, died at the end. A children's story manages to be written better and be more terrifying than the movie it was ripping off from.
We do (sorta) get an explanation for the evil electricity in this. Not in dialogue, admittedly, but I'm pretty the lightning strike and resulting energy spike at the power plant are meant to show its origin.
Monster Hunter 754 It was part of a collection, which I can't remember what it was called. However I think the story itself is called "Evil in Machine" or something along those lines.
Did anyone else think this movie was going to involve a masked killer in a hospital setting? "Pulse...so frightening it will stop your heart."-Possible tagline. As it is, what are we supposed to fear here? Getting burnt or shocked? At the very least, we could have had an on-screen electrocution or house fire on a larger scale. All in all, a missed opportunity for an electrifying thriller.
+Maggie Koch electrifying thriller lol I see what you did there! but seriously, yea, with the title of this movie, the setting in a hospital/asylum with a killer chasing after you would have been better oh wait... didnt they do something like that in silent hill?
So, the TV scans the kid but doesn't digitize him into the system and make him play video games until he dies playing? Come on. This was supposed to be the 80's. Wait, was that really Robert England or just somebody that looked an awful lot like him?
The sampled line "Hey! You forgot the power glove!" is a Robert Englund reading from Freddy's Dead: the Final Nightmare. That might have been what brought him to mind.
Aw I loved this movie:( HBO used to play it a lot in the late 80s when I'd catch it as a kid but I'd never get it from the beginning so never knew the name until it came on tv when I was a teen. I recorded it and later bought the DVD. You made some good points (I never really noticed how whiny David was until you pointed it out) but it's not a bad movie. Definitely not a masterpiece but it's got it's moments However I admit its got its faults..the bars on the house were stupid they lived in a pretty nice suburban neighborhood not friggin Compton.
It's tough to decide what's worse, this or the similarly themed "Ghost in the machine", which I had the "pleasure" of seeing in the theater back in 1993. That movie at least had a hot babysitter and some cool deaths (plus a ridiculous premise) but "Pulse 1988" has this "so bad it's good" quality about it. Tough call.
12:25 "There is nothing wrong with your television, do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now in control of the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can delude you with a thousand pictures or expand one single image to crystal clarity. For the next hour you will experience the awe and wonder that extends from the deepest inner mind to The Outer Limits."
Ok, I think the police had their guns at the dad because he was in possession of a deadly weapon, not because he was taking the power pole down...although that would be destruction of public property. So yeah, that warrants a warning if deadly force purely on the basis the Dad was acting crazy while holding an axe!
i believe that this movie was trying to do a Poltergeist type of movie with the spirit made of pure energy so it being able to lock the doors and all electrical objects kinda makes sense.
Actually, the beginning has everything to do with the plot, considering that after the lightning strike we see a massive energy spike in the power plant, and then travel down the lines to the neighborhood. The implication being that's the (half-ass) origin of the evil electricity.
No, wrong. The lightning is *NOT* the cause. Rather, it is but a sign that electricity is this mysterious thing that we do not really understand. Well whether we do or not understand, let's not let this technicality get in the way of the plot of the movie.
2:07 I FINALLY discovered where that music clip came from! I hear it so often in Phelous' vids and always wanted to know where the hell it came from. I feel like I've achieved a lifetime goal!
Thomas Schieferstein Oh really? Haha I thought it was from the film XD No wonder it was so familiar then, I used to watch Charlie Brown when I was younger
It has a lot of mushrooms in it? That must be before Super Mario Brothers and the NES game console. Give me that plate of food. I would eat every bit of it. I like mushrooms. We should have known that this movie would end horribly. I mean, what was the deal with that painting on the wall of the boy's room? The road heads into a turn, and mysteriously appears to be a dead end with the road disappearing around the bend. Foreshadowing of what will soon happen in the movie? Get out of that spooky house while you still can!
That ending you did has to be your best one ever. The fake-out death and then the getting electrocuted was very well edited and timed for maximum laughs. I comment what I comment, Phelan, but I'm not downvoting it.
And so I take the journey down the Pulse road.....should've saved that for the next episode. For the record this is one of the examples you shine at. You will bait an switch people and force them to watch other movies with the same name before getting to that movie and by that point theres already somehow 2 sequels. I shower you with praise but I genuinely enjoy they way you've structured and evolved your show over the years. I view it far superior to all other review formats. My fiance can't stand the way you talk though (shes seen/fell asleep to some of your earliest ones with me. Like the original four episodes) Which I find heartwarming because as I explained to her there was a vocal crowd that shat on the way you talked and how you sounded and instead of changing for them you stayed the same or even amplify parts to make it work for your character. I never saw a problem in the way you talk, I like quiet phelous, slow phelous, loud phelous, fast phelous goofy phelous etc. Anyway I'm hoping by the time I am done with this rewatch you can maybe review the latest wrong turn abomination. You by no means have any actual obligations to do so. BUT YOU MUST YOU STARTED THE FRANCHISE YOU NEED TO FINISH IT.
Wait...The Cobras are attacking the Terrordrome? But the Cobras own the Terrordrome. Why're they attacking their own base...And why would the Joes hypothetically station themselves in a place named after "Terror," the very thing they're supposed to fight? Anywho, I think this is my favorite "Phelous Dies Ending" because I didn't see it coming and it sounded painful.
If it's a signal that needs to keep coming in through the power grid, couldn't you disconnect the power lines then run a generator and be fine with electronics? Robert England Ain't Not No Not Telling It Guy doesn't need to go Amish. "This is no Zaku, boy, but I'm not telling it's a Gouf!"
I'll be honest I kind of like this movie because nostalgia. No other reason. It was on Cinemax or HBO constantly when I was a kid. That scene where she got boiled in the shower used to freak me out. Even though it's ridiculous on several different levels.
What is with the permenantly depressed child?! Everything little thing makes him sad! Mushrooms, microwaves, the death of a stranger, etc. He's always on the verge of tears. That is a miserable, drama king, pretentious, child!
Omg! I saw this movie when I was like 5 and it scared the shit out of me, even tho I had no idea wtf was going on..... I always wondered what movie it was.... a stupid piece of Crap called pulse..... now my life can go on.....
Christina Wilke I saw it around the same age it scared me and then I saw it again as a teenager and it kind of left me feeling unsettled. It's really not that bad. Not a masterpiece but not horrible either
Dude I fucking been wondering where the hell that line (I know what I know boy, but I’m not telling it) is from. You always use that in your videos & I just think it’s bad ass to finally know where that’s from lol. Oh & Dude, I totally dig that Laser Blast game for the Atari 2600 you got in the background. You always got the koolest toys man lol
+LegendsP You want his Pulse (2006) review for that one. Although that's technically a review of the _remake_ of the Japanese film; reportedly the original 2001 version wasn't half-bad.
OH SHIT THE REPAIRMAN IS THE DUDE FROM FAST TIMES!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
