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Encyclopedia > Ghost in the Machine (1993 film)
Ghost in the Machine
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Produced by William Davies
William Osborne
Barry Sabath
Paul Schiff
Aron Warner
Written by William Davies
William Osborne
Starring Karen Allen
Chris Mulkey
Ted Marcoux
Wil Horneff
Jessica Walter
Brandon Quintin Adams
Rick Ducommun
Nancy Fish
Jack Laufer
Shevoone Durkin
Richard McKenzie
Mimi Lieber
Mickey Gilbert
Ken Thorley
Carl Gabriel Yorke
Richard Schiff
Clayton Landey
Walter Addison
Matthew Glave
Carlease Burke
Michael LaGuardia
Charles Haugk
Chris Ellis
Robert Lamar Kemp
Dom Magwili
Haunani Minn
Charles Stransky
Alix Koromazy
Helen Greenburg
Nigel Gibbs
Andrew Woodworth
Zack Phifer
Don Keith Opper
Mitchell R. Parnes
Edwina Moore
Rick Scarry
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography Phil Meheux
Editing by Janice Hampton
Erica Huggins
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released December 29, 1993
Language English


Ghost in the Machine (a.k.a. Deadly Terror) is a 1993 and 1994 science fiction and horror film from 20th Century Fox. It was written by William Davies and William Osborne, directed by Rachel Talalay, and produced by Paul Schiff. Among the cast are Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff, and Jessica Walter. William Davies may refer to: William Davies, a military leader in the American Revolution, William Davies, a former Canadian Senator. ... William Davies may refer to: William Davies, a military leader in the American Revolution, William Davies, a former Canadian Senator. ... Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois) is an American actress most famous for her roles in the films National Lampoons Animal House (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Starman (1984). ... Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1940) is an American actress. ... Richard Schiff on the set of The West Wing as Toby Ziegler Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American actor, best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he has won an Emmy Award. ... Clayton Landey is an actor who has starred in many films and starred on tv shows. ... Don Keith Opper (b. ... Graeme Revell was born in New Zealand in 1955. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Ghost in the Machine (a. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1993. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... William Davies may refer to: William Davies, a military leader in the American Revolution, William Davies, a former Canadian Senator. ... Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois) is an American actress most famous for her roles in the films National Lampoons Animal House (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Starman (1984). ... Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1940) is an American actress. ...


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This film received an MPAA rating of R for high-tech horror violence. It was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio in color with Dolby SR sound and runs for 104 minutes. The movie was not generally well received by most critics. Common criticisms were of some sub-par acting and a weak, implausible plot that failed to build suspense. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Official website: www. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 355 km 355 km 8. ... Dolby Laboratories, Incorporated (Dolby Labs) is a company specializing in audio compression and reproduction. ...

The film is based on a serial killer Karl Hochman (Marcoux), the "address book killer" who is nearly slain by a head-on collision with a truck. At the emergency room his mind is transferred into a computer due to an electrical storm, due to an electrical surge running through the CAT scan machine he is in. As a network-based entity he plots to continue his killing spree, using the electrical grid, appliances, and the computer network. Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... CAT apparatus in a hospital Computed axial tomography (CAT), computer-assisted tomography, computed tomography, CT, or body section roentgenography is the process of using digital processing to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around... Electric power transmission is the second process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... A computer network is a system for communication between computers. ...


He obtains the address book of Terry Munroe (Allen) and begins to go through the list to kill off her friends. (In the film she has a son Josh, played by Wil Horneff.) Aided by the computer hacker Bram Walker (Mulkey), however, they manage to fight back and defeat the killer by introducing a computer virus that traps him at a physics laboratory. Hochman is forced to escape, existing in a form similar to the holograms in the Star Trek: The Next Generation holodecks. The heros then proceed to activate an atom smasher which appears to draw in the killer and destroy him. Karen Allen in Raiders of the Lost Ark Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951 in Carrollton, Illinois) is an American actress most famous for her roles in the films National Lampoons Animal House (1978), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Starman (1984). ... A computer hacker is someone who enjoys getting around the technical limitations of computer systems. ... In computer security technology, a virus is a self-replicating/self-reproducing-automation program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. ... This article is about the photographic technique. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... A holodeck on the Enterprise-D; the arch and exit are prominent. ... Atom Smasher (sometimes spelled with a hyphen) is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. ...


Notes: Even though the movie was filmed in Cleveland, Ohio the gym at the beginning was filmed in Santa Monica, California. Approximately fourty minutes into the movie, a computer is scrolling through a list of names in a phone book, in search of its next victim. The names listed are mostly Hollywood producers. Going through the list slowly reveals Caryn Mandab(ach),Caryn Mandab,or Caryn Mandabach,Wink Martindale,Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live),Bill Melendez,(Charlie Brown Specials),Neal Marlens (Growing Pains),Thomas L. Miller, (Full House),and a host of others, the host was Martindale himself. The name the computer is searching for is Terry Munroe,which (maybe by coincidence) happens to be the birth name of actor Stepin Fetchit. Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Official website: www. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 34th 116,096 km² 355 km 355 km 8. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, and north of Venice. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length   - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  402. ... Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1934 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is perhaps best known as a game show host for such classic shows as Gambit, Tic Tac Dough, High Rollers, and Debt, although he is also known in Internet circles for the occasional surrealistic comedy articles... Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels CM , LL.D (born November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ... José Cuauhtemoc Melendez, commonly known as Bill Melendez (born November 15, 1916 in Mexico) is an Animator and Producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers and the Charlie Brown series. ... Charlie Brown Charles Charlie Brown [born 30 October] is the principal character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. ... Neal Marlens created the 1980s television sitcoms Growing Pains and The Wonder Years. ... Growing Pains was a television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992. ... Full House was a television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from September 22, 1987 to May 23, 1995. ... Wink Martindale (born Winston Conrad Martindale on December 4, 1934 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA) is perhaps best known as a game show host for such classic shows as Gambit, Tic Tac Dough, High Rollers, and Debt, although he is also known in Internet circles for the occasional surrealistic comedy articles... Stepin Fetchit was the stage name of American comedian and film actor Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry (b. ...


Goof: At Terry's ATM and on the computer address search, her last name appears as Munroe. On her son's computer info, his name is spelled as Monroe which is what the credits show. josh has no legs and no arms he is a bean and should be killed lol ...


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