Ghost in the Machine

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Ghost in the Machine

R

Released Dec 29, 1993

1h 35m

Horror

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After Terry (Karen Allen) tells a computer store clerk where she lives, the information falls into the hands of the clerk's co-worker Karl (Ted Marcoux), the serial murderer known as the "Address Book Killer." When Karl is injured in a car crash, his doctors place him in an MRI machine. As Karl dies, the computer powering the machine extracts his soul. The murderous computer system then locates Terry and tries to kill her by turning technological devices into deadly weapons.

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Harper Barnes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Matters grow even stupider, not helped by indifferent acting and directing, bad dialogue and, in the final scene, confusing spatial relationships.

May 24, 2023

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

While Talalay and her writers have dreamed up a number of fairly imaginative ways to show the hazards of household machines and gadgets, their horror effort offers few truly scary moments and not a few ridiculous ones.

May 29, 2018

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Keith Breese

Filmcritic.com

A reboot is definitely in order here.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 25, 2006

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...exceedingly silly and surprisingly tedious...

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 14, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jul 17, 2005

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Frank Swietek

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Rated: 1/5

Jul 13, 2004

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Ralph R

Ghost in the Machine is one of those movies where you know right away it’s not here to make sense. Every single scene goes out of its way to avoid logic, and instead of building up on a cool "soul in a computer" concept, it just gives us floating electrical blobs that magically grow skin. The acting is basically background noise except for Chris Mulkey, who kind of does his thing while everyone else just drifts through their lines. Trying to follow the plot is pointless, there’s really no point breaking it down, because it pretty much breaks itself. Cinematography? Don’t even bother. The film tries so hard to be original that it ends up in a weird, campy space that’s entertaining only if you’re in the mood for some absurd, turn-your-brain-off type of movie night. If you want to see what happens when logic goes on vacation and electrical ghosts get creative, this one’s for you. Otherwise, it’s a one-time watch.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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Audrey M

I liked the movie. The kid Josh is sooo handsome. Also it’s rated R so don’t be mad that there are a few inappropriate scenes in the movie and that there are violent scenes.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Audience Member

I just thought it was weird that the chick flashed the children her tatas

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Steve D

Really dated but I bet it sucked then too.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Audience Member

Very very VERY dumb, very silly, and not scary at all. Made all the worse by how it viewed the internet back then.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Bad dude becomes killer computer virus. Pure shlock.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

After Terry (Karen Allen) tells a computer store clerk where she lives, the information falls into the hands of the clerk's co-worker Karl (Ted Marcoux), the serial murderer known as the "Address Book Killer." When Karl is injured in a car crash, his doctors place him in an MRI machine. As Karl dies, the computer powering the machine extracts his soul. The murderous computer system then locates Terry and tries to kill her by turning technological devices into deadly weapons.

Director: Rachel Talalay
Producer: Paul Schiff
Screenwriter: Will Davies, William Osborne
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 29, 1993, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, Dolby SR

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