Directed by:
Donald CammellCinematography:
Bill ButlerComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu, Larry J. Blake, John O'Leary, Alfred Dennis, Davis Roberts, Patricia Wilson, Robert Vaughn (more)VOD (1)
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Susan Harris is alone in the house when, suddenly, doors lock, windows slam shut and the phone stops working. Susan is trapped by an intruder - but this is no ordinary thug. Instead, the intruder is a computer named Proteus, an artificial brain that has learned to reason. And to terrorize. (official distributor synopsis)
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Artificial and intelligent terror! A very nicely handled horror film, though it’s sci-fi thriller, with a great atmosphere, a great idea and one of the best decapitations in horror ever. Decent stuff from the seventies.
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Though it’s certainly well above par, this film felt a little unbalanced. The beginning is quite slow (actually, it’s pretty boring), but around the middle, the story gathers momentum and the riveting climax made me add the fourth star. As a whole, it’s one of the best films about artificial intelligence that I’ve seen so far. Another contributing factor was the performance of the main character, she was very good, and even the design of the computer was quite modern, it didn’t look ridiculous today. 75%
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