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A teenager (Kim Nicholas) is suspicious of a charming stranger (William Shatner) who's romancing her widowed mother (Jennifer Bishop).
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Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog 04/08/2024
3/4
[William Shatner is] riveting in Impulse from start to finish. It isn't necessarily an Academy Award-caliber performance, but for what it is: it's perfect. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 03/24/2024
2/4
A Florida-shot cheapie that’s nowhere near as sleazy as its reputation promises. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com 08/04/2007
2/10
A painfully atrocious would-be thriller with some of the worst directing and acting you're ever likely to see. William Shatner is amazingly bad, and the little blonde girl is even worse. Truly hideous. Go to Full Review
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Bruce M @BruceMc Jul 4 A truly nutty, nutty movie, so bad it's good. William Shatner really chews up the scenery in this one. Described as a grindhouse/exploitation movie, it doesn't have the sex/violence or plot that you'd expect from one, this is really quite tame. Ruth Roman is good, though. See more B P 03/13/2024 A Shocking Side To William Shatner See more 10/23/2016 What's really the strangest part of this movie - beyond the bizarre direction, the hokey acting, the hilarious outfits, the lame dialogue and the snooze-worthy plot - is the movie's assumption that ALL children (at least every child in this film) have an Oedipus complex. And that leads them to go from jealous to stabby in like, boy, 5 seconds. I want to know what happened to the writer in their past that caused them to write such an out-there concept. In a way, this movie is so bad it's watchable, but at the same time if you miss it like, you're probably better off. Bonus points for the unintentionally hilarious scene where Shatner punches a dozen balloons and berates a stranger for carrying them. See more 10/02/2015 Low budget junk that managed to rope in Ruth Roman in the cast. She was far too good an actress to be stuck in trash like this. Shatner chews the scenery shamelessly. See more 07/17/2013 William Shatner plays a psycho-killer in a not uninteresting thriller. See more 05/13/2012 Wow. This is a movie that is only fit for viewing with a large group of folks who are together for the express purpose of honoring and mocking William Shatner. Thematically, this movie suffers from a miserable script and piss-poor direction to go along with the extremely questionable acting skills of the cast. Technically, it's a textbook example of how NOT to edit, light, or film a movie, or mix sound, for that matter. It would be redeemably funny if the chase scenes (most notably the one through a car wash and the one through a funeral parlor) were filmed with the intent to amuse, but I suspect not. Riotously bad, but riotously funny with the right company. I hope I never have to watch it again (or, if I do, that copious amounts of wine are also involved). See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager (Kim Nicholas) is suspicious of a charming stranger (William Shatner) who's romancing her widowed mother (Jennifer Bishop).
Director
William Grefe
Producer
Socrates Ballis
Screenwriter
Tony Crechales
Production Co
Conquerer Films Inc.
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2019
Runtime
1h 31m
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