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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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10.16.08
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After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.
Movie Tagline:
He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...
Title: Patrick
Release Date: September 07, 1979
Runtime: 112 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: Australia
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Buried.com Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With P
MPAA Rating: PG
Director(s):
Richard Franklin
Cast:
Susan Penhaligon ...Kathy Jacquard
Robert Helpmann ...Doctor Roget
Rod Mullinar ...Ed Jacquard
Bruce Barry ...Brian Wright
Julia Blake ...Matron Cassidy
Helen Hemingway ...Sister Williams
Maria Mercedes ...Nurse Panicale (as Maria Mercedes)
Walter Pym ...Captain Fraser
Frank Wilson ...Detective Sgt. Grant
Carole Ann Aylett ...Patrick's Mother
Paul young ...Lover
Marilyn Rodgers ...Day Desk Nurse
Peggy Nichols ...Night Desk Nurse
John Murphy ...Barman
Ray Chubb ...S.E.C. Worker
Everett De Roche ...S.E.C. Worker
Peter Culpan ...Detective
Gillian Seemer ...Nurse
Robert Thompson ...Patrick
Martin Copping ...Baby in hospital
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
William Fayman
Richard Franklin
Antony I. Ginnane
Writer(s):
Everett De Roche
Composer(s):
Brian May
More Movie Taglines:
- He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...
Movie Quote(s):
- [to Kathy Jacquard who is applying for a job as a nurse] Matron Cassidy: Why did you choose the Roget Clinic, Mrs. Jacquard? We tend to attract certain types - lesbians, nymphomaniacs, enema specialists...”
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Movie Trivia:
- Special eye drops were used on Robert Thompson so he could hold his eyes open for up to a minute without blinking.
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According to Richard Franklin the original cut of the film was 140 minutes long. Franklin says the footage cut for the 112 minute version no longer exists.
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When released in America the film was edited down for time and the entire cast was re-dubbed for American audiences. This angered Robert Helpmann so much that he attempted to take legal action against the US distributors.
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In a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor the neon 'emergency entrance' sign in the film is always malfunctioning to say 'trance', referring to Patrick's coma.
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Only one set was built for the film - Patrick's hospital room. The rest of the film was shot entirely on location.
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Keywords:
Hospital, Psychic Power, Telekinesis, Extrasensory Perception, Male Nudity ...[more]
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Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 68 votes cast total
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