Im glad i rediscovered this film which i loved as a teen. The relationship and possibilities regarding humans and artificial intelligence was explored by dean koontz in 1973 and updated in 1997. In fact, considering the fairly feeble examples of humanity that populate this movie, you really do have to wonder why proteus would even bother. You can watch recordings anytime, anywhere with your cloud dvr. Some of the names are kept, and the outline is similar, but thats about it. A space odyssey, but its mostly rosemarys baby with computers and a heady lack of shame. Brilliant professor alex harris fritz weaver has engineered a computer so powerful that it is capable of adapting, growing learning. Demon seed is a fun science fiction story with a dark sense of humor. Read by jeff harding in the privacy of her own home, and against her will, susan harris will experience an inconceivable act of terror. Oct 23, 2015 demon seed which puts a uniquely futuristic scifi spin on the horror subgenre of haunted house movies was so ahead of its time when it was released to theaters in 1977, that watching it today it seems more like a prescient warning of what can happen when humans give over too much power to artificial intelligence a. Dean ray, 1945publication date 1997 topics artificial intelligence, horror stories publisher new york. Mar 06, 2008 the most interesting scene in the movie demon seed the most interesting scene in the movie demon seed skip navigation sign in. Soylent green 1973 was the last and arguably the finest of charlton hestons trilogy of early70s scifi films, beginning with 1970s beneath the planet of the apes and. Julie christie fritz weaver gerrit graham 1977 the phase iv supercomputer decides to mate with the estranged wife julie christie of its creator and programmer fritz weaver.
Julie christie is awesome as the hapless wife of a computer scientist who is taken hostage by a selfaware computer which has taken control of the house and wants to procreate great acting, fitting music, good story. For reasons unknown, neeru fireblade wished to destroy this artifact, although it was a. Demon seed recasts hal as the ultimate, network bugaboo, revisits rosemarys insemination for its biological, and not its occult, unpleasantness, and reerects an electric house that is not fraught with faulty, schlemielbaiting technology, but is instead menacingly and incontrovertibly perfect. As the machine becomes conscious, it yearns to escape its physical bounds and finds the perfect vessel in the professors wife, susan christiefinding neverland, dr. Whitney morgan cohost for demon seed radio started an internet radio show on blog talk radio called taboo fetish talk with fellow performer sydney screams. This premiere release of the demon seed score features the entire orchestral score in stereo, as well as the unused electronic experiments performed by ian underwood who would later be best known for his collaborations with james horner in mono and stereo. Its time signature is 64, as trent reznor can be heard indicating in the song. Demon seed is the tenth and final track from the nine inch nails album the slip.
Pdf download dean koontz thriller novella collection. Watch free demon seed rape videos at heavyr, a completely free porn tube offering the worlds most hardcore porn videos. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Its atmospheric and genuinely creepy, but its also very strange. Demon seed by dean koontz, 1973, bantam books edition, paperback in english. Based on an early story by dean koontz, the tale finds fritz weaver. Demon seed is virtually a onewoman, onecomputer movie. A scientist creates proteusan organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.
How 1977s demon seed predicted 2018s hightech misogyny. The use of artificial intelligence as an antagonist in cinema has been at the forefront of the public consciousness since h. Demon seed is a 1977 american science fictionhorror film directed by donald cammell. Demon seed 1977 child psychologist susan harris julie christie lives with her husband, alan fritz weaver, in a home operated by a computer program. Not without some combination of drugs or alcohol, at least. Never was a woman subject to inhuman love like this.
Its about proteus fours courtship and rape of susan harris a pretty, suitably. The demon seed is a powerful tool for the burning legion, guarded by xelnaz. When this tension drives the scientist to move out, the computer. It rests in a cave on dreadmist peak, above a demonic altar of fire. I read demon seed for the third time december 2018, ahead of it being featured as the koontzland dean koontz group read in january. Released just a few months before star wars and close encounters of the third kind would become science fiction movies to end all science fiction movies, donald cammells white of the eye, performance 1977 horror scifi hybrid demon seed really isnt the easiest movie in the world to fathom. With julie christie, fritz weaver, gerrit graham, berry kroeger. Given the above list of elements which comprise a great film, demon seed has pretty much none of the above. Packed with suspense, surprise and special effects, demon seed follows susans desperate attempts to outmaneuver and outthink her captor. Its lyrics follow the same structure as the greater good and the new flesh, and the song uses the same drum loops as 38 ghosts.
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