1977 · sci-fi · horror
Demon Seed
Directed by Donald Cammell1h 34m1977
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
Our read: Demon Seed (1977) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive sci-fi · horror entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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