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The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man

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Overview:

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Released: 1974-06-19
Duration: 01:47:00
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges, Robert Dijoux, Margaret Tary, ...
Writer: Michael Crichton, Mike Hodges
Cast: Norman Burton, Robert Ito, Jim Antonio, ...
Director: Mike Hodges Robert Dijoux Margaret Tary Dick Moder Leonard S. Smith Jr.
Writer: Michael Crichton Mike Hodges
Cast: Norman Burton Robert Ito Jim Antonio Dee Carroll George Segal Gene Borkan Jordan Rhodes James Sikking Ian Wolfe Nicholas Worth Matt Clark Rutanya Alda Steve Kanaly Jason Wingreen Al Checco Jill Clayburgh Jack Colvin Bob Harks Lee de Broux Michael C. Gwynne Richard Dysart Joan Hackett Donald Moffat William Hansen Burke Byrnes Fred Sadoff George Holmes Michael Jeffers Joe Pine Victor Argo Clark Ross Michael Santiago
Genre: Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
Description

Harry Benson, an 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 consents to an experimental 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, opposes the procedure, 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 shorter 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.

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