I totally agree with what everything that was said here. However, with my experience, I went in this wanting to prove to myself that I wouldn't be scared; for many reasons, I cannot seem to be scared of films nowadays (American horror movies have poor craftsmanship, bad acting, story, cliche, not to mention, I work as an editor so I can already deconstruct cuts/shots that are supposedly 'frightening')...that is UNTIL I saw Pulse last summer.
I actually saw it with my brother and he fell asleep. We were home alone at his two-story house and it was one of rare summer nights where it was windy and was raining (we live in the LA area), so the atmosphere was naturally creepy. I didn't think I'd be scared until the first "door" scene where he peels the red tape. Before that, the movie just lingers and dreads on you where you can feel something is going to happen, but it hasn't, yet. I ended up watching the entire film (like at 3am) and was absolutely frightened with it (in addition to the bigger ideas that were behind it).
I tried sleeping upstairs, but there were no lights available and all I kept hearing lightning, thunder,rain, and the buzzing sound that electronic appliances sometimes emit (it's funny because after seeing Pulse, I began to pay attention to ALL the sounds electric appliances made); after 20 minutes, I just couldn't take it anymore and went downstairs on the couch. I was so glad I never saw that film alone and I'm an adult.
Hollywood should really take note; this is how you scare/creep someone out w/o shoddy surveilance cameras/edits but also make a intellectually stimulating film.
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