Megan Fox’s sci-fi movie Subservience wasn’t the critics’ favorite and is too similar to M3GAN, but it actually did one thing better than the latter. Sci-fi horror has recently regained popularity, in large part thanks to it seizing the topic of AI. A recent example of this is Subservience, directed by S. K. Dale and written by Will Honley and April Maguire. Subservience is set in a near future where technology has advanced to the point of developing lifelike androids powered by AI which can help around the house with different tasks.

When his wife, Maggie (Madeline Zima), is hospitalized due to an unspecified heart condition, Nick (Michele Morrone) buys one of those androids, who his daughter, Isla (Matilda Firth), names “Alice”. Alice (Megan Fox) is tasked with helping around the house and with the kids, but after a reset, she gains sentience and becomes obsessed with Nick,...