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Patrick

Patrick

Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 1978

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

Movie details

Patrick

“He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...”

1978 Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Patrick?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Franklin

Written by

Everett De Roche

Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson

Patrick

Susan Penhaligon

Susan Penhaligon

Kathy Jacquard

María Mercedes

María Mercedes

Nurse Panicale

Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann

Dr. Roget

Rod Mullinar

Rod Mullinar

Ed Jacquard

H

Helen Hemingway

Sister Williams

Bruce Barry

Bruce Barry

Dr. Brian Wright

Court is in session

Put Patrick on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.