As long as science fabrication ’s been around , and probably longer , thefear of technologyhas fueled the stories that keep us up at nighttime . One of the scariest scenarios ? That asmart home , ostensibly designed to make life easier , wouldsuddenly transforminto a nightmarish high - technical school prison — or at least a place you would never , ever want to hold out . Here are seven examples that argue powerfully in favor of lo - fi domesticity , strike from both movies and television .
You ’ll find the television episodes and films here :
Smart House
Oona Chaplin in Black Mirror’s “White Christmas” episode.Screenshot: Netflix (Graphic: Angelica Alzona)
Black Mirror , “ White Christmas ”
The X - Files , “ Rm9sbG93XJz ”
Demon Seed
This House Possessed
The Electric House
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