DEMON SEED
TITLE: Demon Seed
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YEAR: 1977
FILM STUDIO: MGM / Herb Jaffe Productions
DIRECTOR: Donald Cammell
CAST: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu
TAGLINE: “A man has created a machine. Now the machine wants to create a man…”
GENRE: Science Fiction — AFI classifies the film as Science Fiction. AFI Catalog
POSTER PRINTER: M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd.
POSTER DESIGN FEATURES:
Original Australian Daybill with a very strong purple, yellow, black and cyan colour treatment. The composition centres on Julie Christie in a stylised pop-art image with the machine apparatus around her, while the film title appears in oversized slanted yellow typography across the upper-middle section. The striking tagline sits above the title, immediately establishing the film’s artificial-intelligence premise. The lower panel contains the MGM production credits, including Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver, with the M.A.P.S. Litho Pty. Ltd. printer credit visible at lower right.
COLLECTOR’S NOTES:
Demon Seed is based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz and follows Proteus IV, an advanced artificial intelligence that takes control of its creator’s automated home and imprisons his wife. AFI records Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver and Gerrit Graham among the principal cast and confirms Donald Cammell as director. AFI Catalog
A particularly interesting detail is that Robert Vaughn supplied the voice of Proteus IV but was intentionally left uncredited in the film. AFI Catalog
For collectors, this poster has strong crossover appeal across 1970s science fiction, artificial-intelligence cinema, techno-horror and Julie Christie memorabilia. Its bold Australian colour treatment is especially distinctive.
PROVENANCE:
This original Australian cinema poster is being sold directly by the family of its original collector, a projectionist who screened films during their Australian theatrical release. It is supplied with documented provenance and a Certificate of Authenticity confirming its originality and collection history, providing a direct connection between the poster and its working Australian cinema past.