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Demon Seed

Julie Christie carries the "Demon Seed." Fear for her.

5.9(286)19771h 34m4

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

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Language
English
  • man vs machine
  • rape
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • computer
  • technology
  • held captive
  • computer scientist
  • confinement
  • automated house
  • ai rebellion
  • forced impregnation
  • impregnation of woman by entity

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR7 Apr 1977
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1630 Sept 1977
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+24 Jun 1978
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1217 May 1979
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1217 Oct 1978

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Demon Seed was released on 7 April 1977.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    7/21/2016

    8/10

    I had only known of the eccentric, ill-fated director by going through Kenneth Anger's provocative short films collections and seeing Cammell act, early in his career, in Anger's 'Lucifer Rising'. Here, Julie Christie was both gorgeous and eerily convincing in a bizarre hybrid of 'Rosemary's Baby' with sci-fi elements reminiscent of 'Colossus: The Forbin Project'. The unique atmosphere and directorial integrity al…

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    Wuchak

    11/27/2020

    6/10

    _**If HAL from “2001: A Space Odyssey” were grounded in Los Angeles**_ Married to a computer scientist (Fritz Weaver), a child psychologist (Julie Christie) finds her home invaded by an autonomous supercomputer named Proteus IV, created by her husband at his futuristic lab in Thousand Oaks. What does it want? "Demon Seed" (1977) is a techno-thriller that mixes “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) with “Rosemary’s Bab…

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