Smart House is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie about a young computer whiz (Ryan Merriman), his widowed father, and his younger sister, who win a computerized house that begins to take on a life of its own — the life of an overbearing mother (Katey Sagal). It is based on the short story The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. It is a science fiction story about a smart house that eventually turns against the owners.