Patrick

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

1978 1h 53m EN

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MID

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36%

ROTTEN

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IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 107🥫36%Rotten Tomatoes★6.2IMDB · 4,587

HorrorScience FictionThriller

Synopsis

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

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

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Cast

Robert Thompson
Patrick
Susan Penhaligon
Kathy Jacquard
María Mercedes
Nurse Panicale
Robert Helpmann
Dr. Roget
Rod Mullinar
Ed Jacquard
Helen Hemingway
Sister Williams
Bruce Barry
Dr. Brian Wright
Julia Blake
Matron Cassidy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Franklin
Writers: Everett De Roche
Languages: English
Countries: Australia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Franklin, shot by Donald McAlpine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brian May. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Edward McQueen-Mason shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Robert Thompson and Susan Penhaligon and María Mercedes carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Franklin directs. Donald McAlpine behind the camera. Brian May scores. Edward McQueen-Mason cuts. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.4M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Richard Franklin, shot by Donald McAlpine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Brian May. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Edward McQueen-Mason shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Thompson and Susan Penhaligon and María Mercedes carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "He's in a coma... Yet, he can kill...".
9IMDB entry: tt0078067 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.