the terminal man

Director: mike hodges

Actor: george segal,joan hackett,richard dysart,donald moffat

Data Published: Wed Jun 19 1974

Genres: Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller

Key Words: psychotronic film,frankenstein's monster,man murders a woman,man wears a wig,man wears eyeglasses

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072267/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man_(film)

Description: The Terminal Man is a movie starring George Segal, Joan Hackett, and Richard Dysart. Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers...

Plot: Harry Benson, an extremely intelligent (IQ 144) computer scientist in his 30s, suffers from epilepsy. He often has seizures that induce blackouts, after each of which he awakens to unfamiliar surroundings with indications of violent behavior on his part. He also suffers from delusions that computers will rise up against humans. Benson suffers from Acute Disinhibitory Lesion syndrome and is a prime candidate for a psychosurgical procedure known as "Stage Three". Stage Three requires surgeons to implant electrodes in his brain, which will detect the onset of a seizure and then use an electrical impulse to stop it. The surgery initially appears to be a success. Benson's psychiatrist, Janet Ross, is concerned that once the operation is complete, Benson will suffer further psychosis as a result of his person merging with that of a computer, something he has come to distrust and disdain. Two days after the operation, it becomes apparent that his brain is now addicted to the electrical impulses. The seizures are initiating at increasingly short intervals. When they become continuous, Benson will be in a permanent blackout, with the violent behavior that goes with it. Just before Ross realizes what is happening, Benson escapes from the hospital. He does become unpredictably violent, but his intact intelligence allows him to evade the police for a considerable time, at one point confronting Ross in her home.