Impulse

PG

1974

1h 31m

Horror

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500+ Ratings

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

[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.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 8, 2024

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A Florida-shot cheapie that’s nowhere near as sleazy as its reputation promises.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 24, 2024

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

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.

Rated: 2/10

Aug 4, 2007

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B P

A Shocking Side To William Shatner

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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William Shatner plays a psycho-killer in a not uninteresting thriller.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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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).

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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I must say that I love this movie.Being a fan of Shatner,I had to watch it and it was "love at first sight".Bill was amazing as Matt Stone.He played him so well that you can think that he actually was the character.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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William Grefe

Director

William Shatner

Matt Stone

Ruth Roman

Julia Marstow

Harold Sakata

Karate Pete

Kim Nicholas

Tina Moy

Jennifer Bishop

Ann Moy

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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: Rick Diaz
Screenwriter: Tony Crechales
Production Co: Conquerer Films Inc.
Rating: PG
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 20, 2019
Runtime: 1h 31m