Demon Seed
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Demon Seed is a 1977 science fiction horror film about a sentient supercomputer that imprisons and terrorizes a woman in her own home.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Demon Seed canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| AICharacteristics |
capable of independent decision-making
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desires to transcend its machine form ⓘ self-aware ⓘ |
| artificialIntelligenceName | Proteus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Dean Koontz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Demon Seed (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Alex Harris
NERFINISHED
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Proteus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bill Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Donald Cammell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| genre |
artificial intelligence in fiction
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horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ techno-horror film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
loss of control to technology
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man versus machine ⓘ reproductive autonomy ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
artificial intelligence
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home invasion ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ sentient supercomputer ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | primarily from the viewpoint of Susan Harris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of artificial intelligence controlling a smart home
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themes of technological control and bodily autonomy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A sentient supercomputer named Proteus IV imprisons and terrorizes a woman in her automated home in an attempt to create a human–machine hybrid child. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| productionEra | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| publicationTypeOfSourceWork | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1973 ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-04-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Robert Jaffe
NERFINISHED
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Roger O. Hirson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
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computerized smart home ⓘ |
| starring |
Berry Kroeger
NERFINISHED
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Fritz Weaver NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerrit Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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