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Demon Seed (1977)

Demon Seed poster
Directed by
Donald Cammell
Genre
drama film, horror film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 271 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sentient computer traps a woman in her own home. It forces her to bear its child.

claustrophobictenseunnervingcoldslow-burnclinicaldystopianinvasive

What happens

Demon Seed is a 1977 American science-fiction horror film directed by Donald Cammell. It stars Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver. The film was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially intelligent computer. Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu and Larry J. Blake also appear in the film, with Robert Vaughn uncredited as the voice of the computer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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