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Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-02-13 18:06:26

The "computerised house threatens family" idea sounds a lot like Demon Seed, but that was way back in 1977...

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
mszegedy Since: Jan, 2010
2011-02-13 19:36:52

I saw this one too... maybe; I don't think anybody got killed, so I'm probably misattributing this. Did any of it take place in a high school?

EponymousKid Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-13 20:21:05

See, I'd think you're talking about Smart House, but that was a Disney Channel Original Movie so I'm betting not.

originalhobbit Since: Dec, 2009
2011-02-13 23:49:08

I thought it was Smart House too...until the op started talking about the house killing them.

It's a good thing our last name isn't Drew, because then you'd be Nancy Drew and I'd be Andrew Drew. -Andy Botwin
Mazz Since: May, 2012
2011-02-14 11:42:36

Maybe I'm thinking of another movie, but was there a scene where a woman is trapped in the shower stall and burned with hot water?

breadcat Since: Oct, 2013
2011-02-15 15:38:22

@Embryon. Seen Demon Seed, while it's on a similar path it's not it. Nice try though.

@mszegedy. Actually can't remember anybody outright being killed, just sort of assumed. You would have thought the Dad character would have quit the experiment if one of his kids died. Can't really recall anything taking place in a high school.

@Eponymous Kid & originalhobbit. Just read the plot for Smart House. Doesn't ring any bells, but i'll see if I can find some clips to confirm.

@Mazz. I can sort of imagine this happening, but can't distinctly remember it.

DegenerationMaX Since: Dec, 1969
2011-02-21 13:13:23

What movie is that mazz because I remember that scene distinctly.

breadcat Since: Oct, 2013
2011-02-21 14:40:58

After research, Mazz's movie is probably 'Urge to Kill' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254839/ Reading over the IMDB plot, not much is fitting so I'd say mine is still out there.

Ossley Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-22 20:40:10

I know exactly the movie you're talking about, I remembered seeing it on the syfy channel (back when it was called sci-fi). The title escapes me too, but I remember more from the movie.

Does your movie have spider-like cleaning bots, a mobile appliance the size of a dishwasher that has a knife that stabs intruders (that the daughter witnessed but no one believed her), and a scene where either the mother or daughter is trapped in the shower as it fills with water? If so, then we may be thinking of the same film.

At the time, I checked my local TV listing (which was unreliable as my cable company showed the east-coast feed while the listings showed the west coast times) to see the title, and I think it was "Bad Dream House", but IM Db, Google, and Wikipedia apparently never heard of it.

breadcat Since: Oct, 2013
2011-02-23 11:00:10

I can still picture the cleaning bots! The daughter and mother were afraid of them when they first appeared, the father explained what they were and how they were harmless. Can't really recall any intruder stabbing, or a shower scene but then it would tie in excellently with "covers up the camera with a towel". I've had a look in and around that possible title too, but can't find anything. Strange, if it is called that.

Glad that another person's seen it.

Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
Ossley Since: Jan, 2001
2011-02-23 23:31:16

That might be it, one of the alternate titles is H.E.L.E.N. which if I recall was the name of the computer. Was that the movie you were thinking of, breadcat?

breadcat Since: Oct, 2013
2011-02-24 08:03:38

I think we've got it. The plot on imdb ticks all the boxes. Reading through the user comments solidifies it. Only problem being now is that I can't find any ways to buy/watch it, there aren't even trailers available. Closest I've found is an out of stock region 1 VHS which is wrong on all counts.

But anyway... thanks everyone, especially Ossley. Glad it's finally been found.

Mazz Since: May, 2012
2011-03-08 18:51:45

Unfortunately I don't remember the name (I'm sorry!), the movie I watched had a whole family living there: Mom, Dad, child(ren). Now that I've thoughta bout it, I think the house was haunted, rather than a rogue AI. The woman in the shower was either the Mom or a teenager daughter. I remember that the Dad was trying to escape towards the attic by breaking a hole in the floorboards, and when he went through the floorboards, one of the splinteres hurted him badly. There was a small boy too.

I'm glad you found (if not physically) your movie, breadcat!

Edited by Mazz
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