Patrick (2013 film)

Patrick also known as Patrick Evil Awakens is a 2013 Australian horror film that was directed by Mark Hartley and a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. It had its world premiere onJuly 2013 at the Melbourne International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release onMarch 2014, followed by a DVD release the following month. Its Canadian theatrical premiere was at the Lost Episode Festival Toronto onJuly 2014.

Kathy Sharni Vinson is a young nurse that is eager to prove herself in her new job in an isolated psychiatric clinic. Shes intrigued by Patrick Jackson Gallagher, a comatose patient that her boss Dr. Roget Charles Dance assures her is incapable of truly responding to any external stimuli. Kathy is horrified by the experiments that Roget and his nurse Matron Cassidy Rachel Griffiths inflict upon him, and shes initially pleased when she finds a way to communicate with him. This quickly turns to horror when Patrick uses his psychic abilities to interfere with her life outside of the hospital, as Patrick has grown obsessed with Kathy and will harm anyone that he deems to be interfering with his relationship with her.Richard E. Grant was originally cast as the doctor but had to drop out because of a scheduling conflict. ........

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