Pulse (2006)

Americanized version of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s unsettling 2001 shocker transplants the cyber-creepies to Columbus, Ohio, where Mattie Webber (Kristen Bell) witnesses her boyfriend’s mysterious suicide, only to be confronted by his phantasmagoric reincarnation on the World Wide Web. Soon, a spectral outbreak plagues electronic appliances everywhere, leading Mattie and her tech-savvy friends to try and prevent a viral apocalypse. Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, and Ron Rifkin also star. Unrated version; 88 min. C/Rtg: NR

Pulse 2 (2008)

This intense follow-up to 2006’s "Pulse" has creepy phantoms invading our world by taking control of everyday electronic devices. As the electronically enhanced phantasms turn our technology against us, divorced parents Stephen and Michelle desperately search for their missing young daughter. Stars Jaime Bamber, Georgina Rylance, Noureen DeWulf. C/Rtg: R

Pulse 3 (2008)

"Pulse 2: Afterlife" heroine Justine (Brittany Renee Finamore) returns in the third installment of the fright-packed franchise, coping with the fallout of the phantoms’ devastating attack on Earth’s electronic objects seven years before. With civilization in shambles, Justine treats the discovery of a working laptop as a grasp for salvation, but will turning it on bring on an even greater apocalypse? Rider Strong co-stars. 91 min. C/Rtg: R

Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free