Patrick
A telekinetic killer (Robert Thompson) causes chaos for his nurse (Susan Penhaligon) whom he falls in love with while lying in a coma in a clinic. Now increasingly aware of his terminal condition, he seeks to induce his nurse to join him in death.
12 July 1946, USA
11 April 1924, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1942, Hereford, England, UK
1936, London, England, UK
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
1953, Australia
1 November 1977, Melbourne, Australia
August 27, 2003
Tepid little chiller -- like a horror version of Tommy.
November 22, 2002
D.o.a.
March 14, 2009
One of Australia's commercially successful genre films of the 70s, a supernatural thriller
November 26, 2002
It is a film that resists visceral shocks, favoring the horror of its psychology. A shame, for its psychology is only slightly horrific.
March 24, 2014
Director Richard Franklin [...] eventually lets Patrick's powers go haywire, but the first half of the film combines sinister atmosphere-building with a justified faith that an immobile killer is still an ever-present threat.
