Movie · 2024 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 1h 45m · R · English
Curator score: 1.2/10 (37K ratings)
Don't turn her on.
Overview
With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.2/10
IMDb: 5.4/10
TMDB: 6.6/10
Director
SK Dale
Production
Millennium Media, Campbell Grobman Films, XYZ Films
Cast
Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima, Matilda Firth, Andrew Whipp, Atanas Srebrev, Kate Nichols, Trevor Van Uden, Euan Macnaughton, Max Kraus, JR Esposito, Doroteya Toleva, Antoni Davidov, Jude Greenstein, Rosmary Yaneva, Kexin Wang, Manal El-Feitury, Ronak Patani, Derek Morse, Les Weldon
Curator Review
Verdict
A glossy, low-budget sci-fi thriller with a high-concept hook and obvious exploitation appeal, but it leans heavily on familiar AI-seduction beats and campy execution. It’s more watchable as a late-night curiosity than as a genuinely tense or original genre entry.
Best for
Viewers who enjoy trashy, high-concept B-movies
Fans of erotic techno-thrillers and killer-AI premises
People looking for a campy Megan Fox showcase
Audiences in the mood for an easy, undemanding genre watch
Skip if
You want sharp writing or a fresh take on AI horror
You’re looking for sustained suspense or real emotional depth
You dislike camp, melodrama, or obvious genre recycling
You prefer polished effects and convincing worldbuilding
Overview
Subservience is built from a very familiar sci-fi horror template: lonely household, artificial helper, desire turns predatory. The setup is efficient and the movie knows exactly what kind of attention it is selling, but it rarely pushes beyond the premise into something more unsettling or insightful.
Worth noting
What it does have is a strong sense of pulp self-awareness. The film plays like a glossy cable-thriller version of a robot-seduction nightmare, with enough visual polish and star wattage to keep it moving even when the script feels thin. The tone sits somewhere between serious warning tale and knowingly ridiculous exploitation.
Bottom line
If you’re in the right mood, that can be part of the fun. If you want the idea to be explored with real bite, tension, or emotional complexity, this one is likely to feel like a missed opportunity.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Dkxel · 3240 likes
So its like adult M3GAN, but played by Megan.
Linky (1★) · 2323 likes
I wanna know who was freaky enough to make the quote for this "Don't turn her on."
Kit Lazer (2.5★) · 1875 likes
A woman waits in the hospital for a heart transplant while her husband sits at home with their two children. He buys a robot to help around the house.
The robot is Megan Fox. The look on his wife’s face when she sees her is the funniest thing I’ve seen all year.
Paul Blake (1.5★) · 1855 likes
I love how they gave this an ambiguous ending like it was going to get a sequel.
nis · 1652 likes
well maybe that’s what you get for forcing someone to watch Casablanca
1995 · Action, Animation, Science Fiction · 1h 23m · NR · Curator 8.7/10 (568.8K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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