Pulse

Pulse (1988)

The ultimate shocker.

An intelligent pulse of electricity moves from house to house, terrorizing occupants through their own appliances. Having already destroyed one household in a quiet neighborhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy and his divorced father.

Date of release
1988-03-04
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (79)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Paul Golding

Casting

Interesting facts

Pulse is a 1988 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Paul Golding and starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, and Joey Lawrence. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive and intelligent pulse of electricity that terrorizes the occupants of a suburban house in Los Angeles, California. The film was produced through Columbia Pictures and the Aspen Film Society and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The titular Pulse and its accompanying elements were designed by Cinema Research Corporation.

Production

The film was produced by Aspen Film Society, a film production company founded by Steve Martin and William E. McEuen.

Paul Golding got the idea for Pulse from two unrelated events with the first being when the cinematographer Caleb Deschanel spent the night in his house and told him that at night he had been listening to "the sounds of the house ... the house was alive and it was taking care of me", and the second was when he heard about a computer that reprogrammed itself.

Golding wrote the screenplay under the working titles of House, Tract and Currents in 1981 but couldn't get it made until Columbia eventually took it on seven years later. David Morse and Tommy Lee Jones both auditioned for the role of Bill but lost to Cliff De Young. Production was completed a day early and $1 million under its $6 million budget, and as a result were able to afford Oxford Scientific Films to do many of the special effects.

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