Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

a_chinn Sci-fi/horror film about an automated house that becomes obsessed with and controlling the house matron, Julie Christie, is more timely than ever with the rise of more and more "Smart Home" products coming online. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not at all fearful that my Echo Dot is going to hold my wife hostage, but this film certainly does pose interesting questions of how much we are allowing technology to insinuate itself into our daily lives. Dramatically, the film is flawed, with a some gaping plot holes, a not always believable performance by Christie, and some very dated futuristic special effects. However, "Demon Seed" works both as an entertaining thriller, but more importantly works on an intellectual level, posing many prescient questions, which is why this film has endured. "Demon Seed" is one of only a handful of films directed by Donald Cammell (the others were the brilliant "Performance" that he co-directed with Nicolas Roeg, the suspenseful thriller "White of the Eye," and one other film that was re-cut by producers that he took his name off of, along with some U2 music videos). Definitely worth watching for fans of 1970s science fiction or fans of Julie Christie. Even if it's not her best performance, it's basically a one-woman- show.

George Tyrebiter This is one of those really difficult movies to categorize since it has elements of both 'x' rated horror as well as sci-fi. The title is, in my opinion, not good and gives a false impression since there's really nothing demonic going on here. Although the things that are done to Julie Christy's character are arguably evil, apparently. In any event poor Walter would likely disagree that nothing demonic was going on!The plot has several really uncomfortable moments. Most women of the time (late 70's, my wife included) would not make it past the initial scenes where Julie Christy's character is first abused physically and then, horrors, sexually. There's some pretty strong stuff going on there.There's little to no explanation by the computer (masterful voice-over by Robert Vaughn) other than, initially, he's interested in "Mrs. Harris'" physiology and lectures her on her dietary intake. It's then revealed that ultimately, PROTEUS wants to create a child using her body. YIKES.This is why I see the plot as being somewhat jumbled. It's very difficult to assimilate what's happening to Christy's character. And the plot gives no hint of what's really happening until the very end. Normally this is a good thing but I think this story was hurt by what you did not know would happen at the end. I appreciate the 'twist' ala Rod Serling but I suspect that many viewers, mostly female, had left the theater by the middle of this movie. And that's a shame because it's the women who would really appreciate what computer PROTEUS had achieved here, had they known what he was really up to.These are my major objections to this movie. I believe they all hurt the watch-ability & popularity of the film. I have a minor beef with using stock sound effects during the scenes where the computer is busy doing it's preparation of Christy's character. In the background you can hear the noise of some sort of machinery going 'clang-clang-clang' over & over & over again. That exact same sound effect can be heard in the movie "The Time Machine" from 1960. It's the sound we hear from the Morlock's machinery under ground! The story is intriguing if not unsettling as well as engaging. And the viewer really has no clue as to how the story is going to end until, literally, minutes before the end. The music fits nicely and is very spacey.The effects are tame by today's standards but pretty good, given the time. I especially liked the golden triangle 'protector device.' Very effective and very original. I gave this movie a 6 because I thought they should have come up with a better title and perhaps modified the plot to be more acceptable to the sensitive females out there. They'd have made a lot more money. However, I suspect that today's young ladies and viewing audience in general, being impatient as I know they are, would likely be put off by the various plot 'appendages' though far less offended by the uncomfortable scenes. This movie woulda, coulda, shoulda been written & produced differently.Just one man's opinion.

Andrew Huggett I first saw this film in approx 1982 – I vaguely remembered the automated house, the binocular video surveillance cameras and especially the weird angular metal bronze thing which folded down into a sort of polygon shape (while making 'Star Trek' door whooshing sounds). Reasonably amusing distraction for its mercifully brief running time (it's really quite silly) despite the 2001-style split screen 'beyond infinity' sequence. It ends predictably just as the story was getting interesting – i.e. the artificial intelligence child is born. There are several plot holes – what did Proteus do with the scientist he murdered by decapitation and why didn't Julie Christie's ex-husband not come round for 28 days when up to that point in the film he'd been a regular visitor? There are other inconsistencies and questions – for example, why is Proteus so interested in looking at the constellation of Orion? Robert Vaughn's voice as Proteus is suitably chilling. Anyway, it's not too bad.

Wade Ward Inane nonsense masquerading as intellectThis move makes no sense. Don't waste your time on it.Proteus on one hand is supposed to be for good, yet will do evil for its own purposes.It is not reasonable as it is supposed to be.People disappear, and no one comes looking?And what happened to the car?Proteus had no way to move it, but it was not there when Alex finely comes looking for her.Susan Harris is locked in the house by Proteus and no one seems to notice?How anyone can give any compliments to this film is beyond me.Save your time, watch paint dry. The movie is a waste of acting talent.