Synopsis
After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his next victims, turning home technology against them as deadly weapons.
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Cast
- Karen AllenTerry Munroe
- Wil HorneffJosh Munroe
- Chris MulkeyBram Walker
- Jessica WalterElaine Spencer
- Shevonne DurkinCarol Maibaum
- Brandon Quintin AdamsFrazer
- Ted MarcouxKarl Hopkins
- Rick DucommunPhil Stewart
- Nancy FishKarl's Landlord
- Jack LauferElliot Miller
Recommandations
- 60
The New York Times
It is a competent, occasionally witty genre piece that never tries to be anything more. - 60
Variety
It’s an effective, if predictable paranoid fantasy. The film’s social statement may be hopelessly muddy, but its adroit sense of fun and thrills cannot be discounted. - 60
Los Angeles Times
All the ways in which the killer’s evil spreads and manifests itself are consistently dazzling. The trouble is that they show up the film’s human relationships as drab and conventional in comparison. - 40
Empire
Although the film has a ridiculous premise that's no reason for it not to work, sadly the direction it is taken in, it's poor acting, character development and shoddy action sequences are though. Allen stands out as a spunky heroine but she's the best thing in it. - 38
Chicago Tribune
It's those scenes-and computer graphics ingeniously engineered by Richard Hollander and VIFX-that give "Ghost" what little kick it generates. Its hero and villain may be hackers, but its heart is hack. [30 Dec 1993, p.20] - 37
Washington Post
The plot stumbles over genre cliches after a promising start and the whole thing becomes lamentable. As an indictment of a techno-society in which too much information is available by computer, it's simply unconvincing. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
Director Rachel Talalay squeezes the life out of the suspense sequences by dragging them on for too long, and doesn't always hit the macabre witty tone the gruesome murders seem to call for. [30 Dec 1993] - 25
Tampa Bay Times
Ghost in the Machine doesn't possess the funky, laugh-at-me mentality of good trash, or the good sense to know when its half-baked storyline is getting old. [30 Dec 1993, p.10B]
