Moderately so — Demon Seed mixes scares with other modes. As a artificial intelligence film, it scored 5.5/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

What are some films like Demon Seed?

Films similar to Demon Seed on Watch Darkly include Ouija (2014), The Shining (1980), A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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artificial-intelligence

Demon Seed

1977 · R · 1h 34m

Julie Christie carries the "Demon Seed." Fear for her.

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Driven by atmosphere and intensity, light on gore.

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7.0Overall

Fear5.5

Gore2.5

Atmosphere7.5

Intensity7.5

Genres

science-fictionhorror

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Directed by

Donald Cammell

Written by

Robert Jaffe, Roger O. Hirson

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Music

Jerry Fielding

Starring

Julie Christie as Susan Harris · Fritz Weaver as Alex Harris · Gerrit Graham as Walter Gabler · Berry Kroeger as Petrosian · Lisa Lu as Soong Yen · Larry J. Blake as Cameron · John O'Leary as Royce · Alfred Dennis as Mokri

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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