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Patrick (1978)

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Reviews Counted:5

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: After violently murdering his mother and her lover, a comatose patient named Patrick uses his psychokinetic powers to terrorize the staff of the hospital in which he is confined. When a pretty... After violently murdering his mother and her lover, a comatose patient named Patrick uses his psychokinetic powers to terrorize the staff of the hospital in which he is confined. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins working at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is trying to communicate with her, while others are being killed in the cruelest ways. What is Patrick's secret? An incredibly creepy ending helped to insure this film its cult classic status. [More]

Starring: Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Julia Blake

Starring: Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Julia Blake

Director: Richard Franklin

Director: Richard Franklin
Composer: Brian May

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Oct 28, 2008

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  • After violently murdering his mother and her lover, Patrick lays comatose in a private hospital. When a pretty young nurse begins working at the hospital, Patrick tries communicating with her, while others in her life are being hurt and killed in mysterious ways. PATRICK is a classic supernatural thriller from Australia; directed with amazing style by Richard Franklin (F/X 2, PSYCHO II), this unsettling film of telekinetic terror "- would give CARRIE a run for her money." (TV GUIDE). The DVD contains a new, anamorphic transfer of the original uncut Australian version in widescreen and digital sound.
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    One of Australia's commercially successful genre films of the 70s, a supernatural thriller

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    Tepid little chiller -- like a horror version of Tommy.

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    It is a film that resists visceral shocks, favoring the horror of its psychology. A shame, for its psychology is only slightly horrific.

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