A throwaway line from this hard sci-fi film continues to terrify and endure because of the underlying horror behind it.

Douglas Rain, who died Sunday, was not a familiar face. But he was sure a familiar voice. "Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave." That was the voice of Douglas Rain.

In a science-fiction movie mostly sparse with dialogue and deapan in the face of discovery, a talking computer had the most lines and arguably the most humanity of anything onscreen. HAL 9000, an ...

2001: A Space Odyssey is a sci-fi masterclass, but it's also the hub for a truly terrifying villain that disturbs viewers now more than ever.

Canadian actor Douglas Rain, who played some of Shakespeare’s most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for the creepily calm voice of the computer HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A ...

Anyone who has seen Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey knows how absolutely terrifying HAL 9000 can be. The advanced A.I. serves as a true menace in the film. So it’s kind of weird to see ...