Pulse Still Beating

I reviewed the film Kairo (Pulse) way back in July, and I liked it, saying "There are so many moments of incredibly staged fright throughout Kairo, I can't help but recommend it," while at the same time being a little bit dismayed by the vagueness of some of what it did.

In retrospect the film holds on, and retains much of its power in my memory. I saw the trailer a couple of months ago for the first time playing before some random movie I don't remember, and the trailer was first-rate and made me think about the film some more then. It's a good film with great parts, that in certain pieces is slightly incomprehensible. It may work better with a second viewing, which I need to make happen.

It's released here in NY and in LA this weekend, and the NY Times has a big rave for the film written up today:

"All good horror stories are metaphors, and this is one for the painful isolation of contemporary life, but with a literal and chilling proposition: maybe death does not bring welcome oblivion. Maybe, one character suggests, it brings 'eternal loneliness' instead."

I also saw word (in the new EW, I think) about the Wes Craven remake starring Veronica Mars cutie-pie Kristen Bell coming out early next year.