Ghost in the Machine is a 1993 horror/science fiction film directed by Rachel Talalay and released by 20th Century Fox. A serial killer named Karl Hochman is known as the "address book killer", due to his habit of stealing the address books of various people, from which he chooses his potential victims. While he is working at a computer store, he obtains the address book of Terry Munroe , after another employee demonstrates how a scanner works by scanning a page of her address book into the computer. After this, Karl leaves work, however he is nearly killed by a head-on collision with a... truck. At the emergency room, he is placed in a MRI machine, when a surge, caused by an electrical storm, transfers his mind into a computer. As a network-based entity he plots to continue his killing spree, using the electrical grid, appliances, and the computer network. Because a page of Terry's address book was scanned into the computer, Karl manages to obtain the page and begins to go through the list to kill off her friends.
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| Release date: | December 29, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Rachel Talalay |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Osborne, Barry Sabath, Aron Warner, William Davies, Paul Schiff |
| Editor: | Janice Hampton, Erica Huggins |
| Music by: | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography: | Phil Meheux |
| Screenplay by: | William Osborne, William Davies |
| Estimated budget: | $12,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |