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Demon Seed (1977)

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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 8  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Synopsis: A woman, depressed over the recent death of her child and estranged from her scientist husband, finds herself stuck in her home with an incredibly sophisticated computer. Unfortunately this machine, called the Proteus IV and developed by her husband, has become virtually a sentient being... A woman, depressed over the recent death of her child and estranged from her scientist husband, finds herself stuck in her home with an incredibly sophisticated computer. Unfortunately this machine, called the Proteus IV and developed by her husband, has become virtually a sentient being with human desires -- including the desire to reproduce. And it has decided that the scientist's wife would make the perfect mother for its offspring... [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu

Director: Donald Cammell
Producer: Herb Jaffe
Screenwriter: Robert Jaffe, Roger O. Hirson
Story: Dean R. Koontz
Composer: Jerry Fielding

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 10, 2005

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01/26/06
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4/5

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10/21/07
Cole Smithey
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A combination of Kubrick's 2001 and Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, with a dash of Buster Keaton's Electric House thrown in

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10/10/06
Leo Goldsmith
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2/5

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11/07/05
Emanuel Levy
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2.5/5

There's no way you can claim Demon Seed is a classic, or even any good, really, but it's undeniably worth an hour and a half of your time

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10/08/05
Christopher Null
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09/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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4/5

Ahead of it's time.

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01/09/05
Michael A. Smith
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03/17/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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2/5

Wanna see a movie about a woman raped by a house?

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11/25/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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08/08/02
KJB
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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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3/5

Alternately fascinating and goofy.

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
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02/27/01
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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