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.
Practical Effects
Gloriously janky appliance stunts before CGI ruined everything fun.
Acting
Joey Lawrence's terrified face should have won awards.
Director
Paul Golding
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joey Lawrence was 12 during filming and had already starred in Gimme a Break! — his scream acting here is surprisingly committed for a sitcom kid.
Released right as home computers were entering mainstream America, Pulse captures that specific late-80s fear that technology was fundamentally unknowable and probably malicious.
US
