Watch Demon Seed (1977) Free Online

Release Date: 1977

Cast: Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Robert Vaughn, Lisa Lu, Fritz Weaver, Julie Christie, Davis Roberts

Categories: Movies, Science Fiction, Horror, Sci-Fi Horror

Demon Seed is a 1977 American science fiction–horror film starring Julie Christie and directed by Donald Cammell. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially-intelligent computer. The film begins with Dr. Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) overseeing the completion of Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence system incorporating organic elements in a "quasi-neural matrix" and having the power of thought. After returning home to his voice-activated, computer-controlled house, Harris is... MORE

Demon Seed is a 1977 American science fiction–horror film starring Julie Christie and directed by Donald Cammell. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially-intelligent computer. The film begins with Dr. Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) overseeing the completion of Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence system incorporating organic elements in a "quasi-neural matrix" and having the power of thought. After returning home to his voice-activated, computer-controlled house, Harris is approached by his estranged wife, Susan (Julie Christie), a child psychologist who tries to discuss his decision to move out. Their conversation ends in an argument when Susan accuses Alex of becoming dehumanised by his obsession with the Proteus project. After Susan has gone, Alex phones his colleague Walter Gabler (Gerrit Graham) and asks him to shut down the access terminal to Proteus that is in his home laboratory. Alex demonstrates Proteus to executives of ICON, the parent company, explaining that the sum of human knowledge is being fed into the system. The visitors are astonished to learn that Proteus LESS