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Ghost in the Machine

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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 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 1/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review 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 Full Review Keith Breese Filmcritic.com A reboot is definitely in order here. Rated: 2/5 Jan 25, 2006 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...exceedingly silly and surprisingly tedious... Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 14, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Steve D Really dated but I bet it sucked then too. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/12/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member Bad dude becomes killer computer virus. Pure shlock. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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