The Terminal Man (1974)

PG   |    |  Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response his brain.

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16 September 2013 | AaronCapenBanner
5
| Haywire & Empty Thriller.
Based on the Michael Crichton novel, this adaptation(directed by "Get Carter" Mike Hodges) tells the story of computer programmer Harry Benson, who, in an attempt to cure his brain seizures, agrees to an experiment where he has micro-computers implanted in his brain, in order to correct the faulty brain chemistry. Things don't go as planned when his new mind starts to get pleasure from the violent impulses he now feels, and so escapes from the hospital, starting a desperate manhunt to prevent him from murdering anyone, and of course to cover-up the scientific failure.

George Segal is believable as Harry, and the rest of the cast is fine, and though Mike Hodges tries, this film is simply too dreary and downbeat to succeed, and by the end, there doesn't seem to have been any discernible point to it all.

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Trivia

Michael Crichton was originally going to write and direct the film.

Quotes

2nd man behind door: They take Benson yet?
1st man behind door: This morning.
2nd man behind door: They really gonna put wires in his brain?
1st man behind door: Sure.
2nd man behind door: No shit!

Alternate Versions

On its release at 2003 Edinburgh Film Festival, there was a director's cut which Hodges had cut out the beginning with the doctor looking at photographs of Harry Benson.

Soundtracks

Goldberg Variation No. 25
by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Played by Glenn Gould
Courtesy Columbia Records

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Plot Summary

Genres

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

19 June 1974

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Ennis House - 2607 Glendower Avenue, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

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