Directed by:
Mark HartleyScreenplay:
Justin KingComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
Charles Dance, Sharni Vinson, Rachel Griffiths, Peta Sergeant, Martin Crewes, Rod Mullinar, Eliza Taylor, Damon Gameau, Camilla Jackson, Simone Buchanan (more)VOD (1)
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A clandestine tale of forbidden medical experiments and deadly obsession set in a world of dark shadows and creeping disquiet, Patrick is a terrifying new name in visceral terror and electrifying suspense. After the mysterious disappearance of a nurse at a remote private clinic, Kathy (Sharni Vinson, You’re Next) takes up the vacant role at ‘Roget Clinic’, a private hospital for the clinically comatose in a remote seaside town. Kathy is placed under the imperious watch of Matron Cassidy (Rachel Griffiths, Six Feet Under) and Dr. Sebastian Roget (Charles Dance, Game Of Thrones), a renegade neurologist operating at the fringes of medical society. Despite her strong sense of foreboding and the dismal working conditions, Kathy is desperate to take up the post and overlooks the eeriness of the ward and the disturbing patients that reside there. Assigned to care for a mysterious coma patient simply known as Patrick (Jackson Gallagher, Home and Away), Kathy is ill prepared for the danger and destruction in store as Patrick’s telepathic powers and newfound affections for Kathy turn into a deadly and bloody obsession. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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I don't mind the cliché of the film that much, this is a fairly well-made horror work, but there are simply too many elements that make you feel like you've seen it before. There is not enough innovation here. Mark Hartley maybe took that remake too literally and as if he didn't want to add anything, anything that would ruin the impression that this is really a remake of something older. It's good that we are returning to the older, but maybe it can be done even better.
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