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- 1977
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 34 m
- 1977
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 34 m
Summary A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.
Directed By: Donald Cammell
Written By: Dean R. Koontz, Robert Jaffe, Roger O. Hirson
- 1977
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 34 m
- 1977
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 34 m
Demon Seed
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6.3
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Summary A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.
Directed By: Donald Cammell
Written By: Dean R. Koontz, Robert Jaffe, Roger O. Hirson
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
55
56% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Though the clumsy geometric tentacle that does most of the machine’s evil will cries out for morphing, this is remarkably prescient in its tackling of issues the cinema is only now catching up with, and Christie adds depth to the lady-in-peril heroine. Well worth reassessment.
Excellent performances and direction (Donald Cammell), from a most credible and literate screenplay [from a novel by Dean R. Koontz], make production an intriguing achievement in story-telling.
Christie’s passionate, vulnerable performance keeps pulling the entire movie into her point of view.
How did Cammell convince a studio to back a movie in which Julie Christie is violated by what looks like a copper Rubik's snake? Better not to ask, or to dwell on the film's less savory aspects, and soak in its moments of visionary hysteria, including the pulsating geometry of images borrowed from experimental filmmaker Jordan Belson.
Demon Seed might have been a genuinely witty and terrifying thriller if someone had taken advantage of the story's glaring sadomasochistic implications. Nevertheless, Cammell plays it dumb at a thematic level, ignoring the sci-fi sexual bondage satire staring him in the face. [08 Apr 1977, p.B11]
A few of his labyrinthine concerns and much advanced animation work (plus optical assistance from once-celebrated avant-gardist Jordan Belson) spice the thin conceit, but it's a doomed project.
Gadget-happy American moviemaking at its most ponderously silly.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.3
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
6.3
67% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
17% Negative
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
