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 it something much more sinister going on?
Pulse (a.k.a. Kairo) is a hundred times scarier than it sounds on paper: ghosts that originates from the internet. It's actually overwhelming how wretched the situation grows to the sound of gloomy violins, and people are being replaced by shadowy figures. It's one of the best films I've ever seen that deals with the paranormal, because it doesn't go for shock value or cheap scares. It's a well-crafted, thought-out scenario of what happens when the dead starts to seep into the world of the living, while also making a commentary on how and online habits have connections with loneliness years before the big social media boom.
Experience it with the lights off, and you'll start seeing ghosts in every corner. Complete with a lot of 90's tech.
Genre: Horror/Mystery
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