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Patrick (1978)
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Reviews Counted: 4
Fresh: 1
Rotten:3
Average Rating: N/A
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 young nurse, just separated from her husband,... 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
Reviews for Patrick
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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