Movies like Pulse 1988
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Pulse (1988)
3K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An intelligent pulse of electricity is moving from house to house. It terrorizes the occupants by taking control of the appliances, either killing them or causing them to wreck the house in an effort to destroy it. Then it travels along the power lines to the next house, and the terror restarts. Having thus wrecked one household in a quiet neighbourhood, the pulse finds itself in the home of a boy's divorced father whom he is visiting. It gradually takes control of everything, badly injures the stepmother, and traps father and son, who must fight their way out.
Style:
creepy, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
suburbs, post apocalypse, machine, youth, androids and robots, mind control, heroes, supernatural, parents and children, supernatural ability, escapades, rivalry, danger, airplane, police officer, police, violence, storm, water, baseball, murder, science, divorce, fire, boy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, denver colorado
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Most similar movies to Pulse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and rough films with plots about danger, deadly, supernatural, escapades, monster, rivalry and heroes mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pulse: Invitation to Hell (1984), The Hunt (2006), Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009), It's Alive (2009), Zombie Wars (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A scientist and his family move to a new town. He meets the local celebrity the beautiful who runs th local health club to which everyone is a member and makes him suspicious. Intrigued he investigates further and uncovers a terrifying plot.
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, satanic
Plot:
supernatural, suburban life, occult, devil, villainess, satanic cult, religious, woman seduces a man, heaven, town, suburbs, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bow hunting enthusiast Jack Hamberg, his eight-year old stepson Clint and former news cameraman Atticus Monroe are on a mission to make a deer hunting video. All that is needed to complete the video is a "kill". Jack and Atticus ...
Style:
bleak, serious, suspenseful, dark, brutal ...
Plot:
manhunt, found footage, hunting, stalking, survival, woods, danger, deadly creature, wilderness, father son relationship, government, alien ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A week before Christmas a viral outbreak turns the citizens of Los Angeles into the walking dead. On the brink of severing ties with both his wife and longtime partner, L.A.P.D. officer Frank Talbot finds himself trapped with them. As death closes ...
Style:
christmas horror, bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, christmas, survival, love triangle, chaos, danger, escapades, holiday horror, xmas, virus, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
It's Alive is a modern remake of the classic 1970s horror film. When a young woman learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
pregnancy, baby, woman in labor, riddles and clues, supernatural, disorder, danger, curses spells and rituals, youth, monster, eye, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Fifty years after a world-wide zombie epidemic had begun, a small group of rebel soldiers learn that intelligent zombies have begun breeding humans for food. The soldiers plan an all-out war to rid the Earth of the flesh-eating monsters for good, as ...
Style:
bleak, scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, soldier, chaos, supernatural, survival, danger, gory, blood, infected, zombie apocalypse, cooking and food, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.
Style:
independent film, serious, slasher, scary, exciting ...
Plot:
psychic, psychic power, body horror, supernatural, serial killer, cop, occult, superhero, police officer, supernatural horror, profanity, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, a teenager finds a severed arm among wreckage on earth. Soon the thing returns to life to murder and posses the young man's mind.
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, mutant, astronaut, supernatural, danger, teenage life, small town, monster, violence, mind control, killer, spacesuit ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
373
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A trio of ruthless killers seeks refuge in a quiet suburban home, only to discover a destructive force that could spell their doom in this blood-drenched frightener from director James Tucker. They thought they had found the perfect hideout, but ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, danger, hostage, criminal heroes, supernatural ability, gory, teenager, motel, supernatural power, home invasion, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.
Style:
medical horror, suspense, scary, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
island, mutant, rescue, survival, isolation, investigation, danger, mind game, murder, experiment gone awry, monster, body horror ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
cuba, florida
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, technology gone awry, bio weapon, creature feature, outer space, satellite, rescue, evil alien, alien encounter, deadly creature, danger, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
15K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, toxic, police investigation, gory, creature feature, experiment gone awry, survival, danger, murder, exploitation, creature, violence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A school psychologist investigates the death of a student's mother and finds the boy believes he is the son of an alien being.
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural ability, boy, small town, mysterious character, supernatural, psychopath, apocalypse, danger, deadly creature, space travel, murder, psychiatrist ...
Place:
new york, usa, nevada
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychic power, supernatural, investigation, vengeance, gory, supernatural ability, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, adoption, police station, cop ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A troubled family traveling cross country are highjacked by a desperate man. Only to discover he's running from something more dangerous than he is.
Style:
bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
monster, supernatural, child, demon, scientist, stranger, death, drug addiction, supernatural power, killing, evil, mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
873
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A 12 year old girl is determined to uncover who or what is behind the rash of disappearances occurring in her small town.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, stylized, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, missing person, murder investigation, supernatural power, killing, good versus evil, evil, paranormal investigation, uncover truth, investigation, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young boy sees his father killed by a toy that was anonymously delivered to his house. After that, he is too traumatized to speak, and his mother must deal with both him and the loss of her husband. Meanwhile, a toy maker named Joe Peto builds ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Space Shuttle returns to earth, but some of the equipment brought back on it begins to behave strangely. Scientists are unsure what is happening, and decide to take all necessary precautions.
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, independent film, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
moon, nasa, astronaut, monster, spaceship, robot, machine, space, outer space, scientist, evil alien, post apocalypse ...
Time:
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Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Following the destruction caused on Earth by nuclear weapons, Ryan Cawdor returns after twenty years to a ravaged part of Virginia he used to call home, where his brother and stepmother plotted to kill his father, the baron. With his companions in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, rivalry, save the world, heroic mission, heroes, chaos, rescue, escapades, dystopian future, leadership ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers that work at the mall all get together for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock down before they can get out, the robot security system activates after a malfunction and goes on a killing spree. ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, gory, person on fire, murder, blood, falling from height, massacre, electrocution, lightning, orgy, trapped in a building ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster ...
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, slasher, atmospheric ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
macabre, supernatural, creepy child, murder, serial killer, body horror, gory, isolation, investigation, deadly creature, family in danger, rescue ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, santa monica california, seattle
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake...
Style:
detective, natural horror, independent film, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
animal attack, alligator, creature feature, killer animal, eaten alive, panic, giant animal, sewer, toxic waste, monster, alien monster, urban legend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot ...
Style:
futuristic, surprise ending, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
man versus machine, androids and robots, post apocalypse, cyborgs, dystopian future, apocalypse, terminator, cyberpunk, sex scene, giant robot, female nudity, robot ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ancient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local townspeople
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, chaos, resort, danger, creature, good versus evil, death, creature feature, curse, evil spirit, half breed ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
701
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.
Style:
suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopian future, contests and competitions, survival, danger, on the run, imaginary, life is a bitch, escapades, chases and races, escape, leadership, teenage life ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An alien crash lands and goes on a killing spree.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, slasher, cult horror, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
outer space, creature feature, creature, evil alien, alien, motorcycle, forest, murder, female nudity, sheriff, exploitation, small town ...
Time:
80s
Place:
baltimore, maryland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, independent film ...
Plot:
nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, supernatural, save the world, chaos, religions or cults, nightmare comes true, parents and children, good versus evil, danger, family relations, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, salt lake city utah, london, britain, england ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends "Meat Cleaver Max" and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only elevated him to another level of reality. Now Lucas' family is under attack, his ...
Style:
slasher, detective, retro, cult classic, creepy ...
Plot:
female nudity, serial killer, supernatural, execution, supernatural horror, bare breasts, monster, haunted house, paranormal, dead, electric chair, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
From a torturous cell in Africa, Abel Powell is released and given the chance to regroup his team of skilled mercenaries for one last job. A top scientist will guide them half a mile underground through an ex-Soviet bunker to extract the vital ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, experiment gone awry, military base, danger, deadly creature, mutant, heroes, monster, mercenary, wilhelm scream, anti hero, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, georgia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
scarecrow, deal with the devil, curses spells and rituals, young lovers, evil doll, supernatural, killer scarecrow, warlock, rivalry, mentally unstable, danger, murder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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