Possessed Machines

About this list

We're surrounded by machines we trust without thinking, which is exactly why it's so chilling when one turns. This is the horror of the malevolent object — a car, an appliance, a tire — lurching to mindless, murderous life with no reason and no off switch. This is a list for films where an inanimate machine comes alive to kill; for thinking computers, see Artificial Intelligence Gone Awry, and for dolls, Killer Dolls & Puppets.