Pulse Pounders

{{Infobox film

| name = Pulse Pounders

| image = PULSE POUNDERS.webp

| caption = poster promoting the film before its canceled release

| writer = Danny Bilson
Paul DeMeo
Dennis Paoli
Michael Cassutt

| starring = Richard Moll
Jeffrey Byron
Tim Thomerson
Helen Hunt
Art LaFleur
Telma Hopkins
Jeffrey Combs
Barbara Crampton
David Gale
David Warner

| music =

| cinematography = Mac Ahlberg

| editing =

| distributor = Empire Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1988}}

| runtime = 77 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Pulse Pounders is a 1988 American anthology film directed by Charles Band.{{cite book|title=Le cinéma fantastique|year=1995|publisher=Corlet|pages=135|isbn=9782854808704|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2IbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Evil+Clergyman%22+Charles+Band}} The film is composed of three 30-minute films, two of which are sequels to The Dungeonmaster and Trancers.{{cite web|title=Film Review: The Evil Clergyman (1988)|url=http://horrornews.net/59651/film-review-the-evil-clergyman-1988/|publisher=Horror News.net|access-date=20 December 2012}} The third is an adaptation of H. P. Lovecraft's "The Evil Clergyman". Pulse Pounders was originally shot during 1987 and 1988 with the intention of being released, but was shelved due to the collapse of Empire Pictures.

A workprint of Pulse Pounders was discovered in 2011 and was digitally restored. The Evil Clergyman segment received its world premiere at a showing at the Chicago Flashback Weekend.{{cite web|title=AICN HORROR: Ambush Bug talks with Mike Kerz about this weekend's Chicago horror convention FLASHBACK WEEKEND!!!|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/57485|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|access-date=20 December 2012}} The movie received mostly positive reviews.{{cite web|title=Love Lovecraft?|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/57750|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|access-date=20 December 2012}} HorrorNews.net stated that the movie was a "must-watch for any Re-Animator fan" but that it "doesn't quite live up to Re-Animator". The Evil Clergyman was later released as a DVD by Full Moon Pictures in October 2012.

The Trancers segment received its world premiere with the launch of Full Moon Streaming with the title Trancers: City of Lost Angels on September 6, 2013. It was later released on DVD in November. The Dungeonmaster segment is the only one that remains virtually lost,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ex5rOy77ukSwZXBl&v=ESBVxZARmIE&feature=youtu.be |title=Pulse Pounders (1988) Trailer |date=2021-09-05 |last=The Duke Mitchell Film Club |access-date=2025-04-19 |via=YouTube}} with only a few fragments of its trailer remaining, and a fragment that was released from the "Trancers 1.5: City of Lost Angels" DVD.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=nzSo57jUkS2dNBuW&v=STepUEIffJg&feature=youtu.be |title=The Dungeonmaster 2 (Excerpt) |date=2023-06-11 |last=Full Moon Empire World |access-date=2025-04-19 |via=YouTube}}