Patrick

1978
PG
1 Std. 52 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

4184

IHRE BEWERTUNG

A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.

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Ein komatöser Krankenhauspatient schikaniert und tötet mit seinen Telekinesekräften, um seine private Krankenschwester für sich zu beanspruchen.Ein komatöser Krankenhauspatient schikaniert und tötet mit seinen Telekinesekräften, um seine private Krankenschwester für sich zu beanspruchen.Ein komatöser Krankenhauspatient schikaniert und tötet mit seinen Telekinesekräften, um seine private Krankenschwester für sich zu beanspruchen.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,2/10

4184

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Gewinne & 4 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
When released in America, the film was edited down for time, and the voices of the entire cast were dubbed by other actors (with the exception of Susan Penhaligon as her contract included a dubbing clause, allowing her to loop her lines with an American accent). This angered Robert Helpmann so much that he attempted to take legal action against the US distributors.

Patzer
After the doctor attempts to give Patrick a lethal injection, he is hit in the head by a potted plant. Immediately after this, he picks up a chair to strike Patrick and is thrown back against the wall, which is shown to bounce back.

Zitate
[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..."

Crazy Credits
The end credits play over Patrick lying in his hospital bed with his eyes open.

Alternative Versionen
Original Australian version features a music score by Brian May; European version was re-scored by Italian rock group Goblin, partly using outtakes from their score for a TV series for director Dario Argento.

Verbindungen
Featured in Der Tag nach Halloween (1979)

Benutzerrezensionen49

Ausgewählte Rezension

A reasonably effective low budget thriller.

I remember seeing ads on TV for 'Patrick' back in the 1970s, but for some reason I never actually watched it until I recently rented it on DVD. I expected it to be laughably bad, but instead I was pleasantly surprised. It's a reasonably effective thriller, with a few excellent scenes. Director Richard Franklin obviously has a Hitchcock fetish, he later went on to direct the better-than-you-think 'Psycho 2'. I believe the American DVD has a commentary from Franklin, but the Australian one I watched doesn't. But you don't need him to point out the Hitchcock homages throughout. Okay, 'Patrick' isn't perfect. It's made on a very low budget, and the effects are nothing to write home about, but the script and acting aren't too bad. I do agree that Robert Thompson who plays Patrick isn't very convincing. Better casting could have improved the movie a lot. However Susan Penhaligon is good, and pretty cute to boot.