Patrick 1978 123movies

Watch: Patrick 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life..
Plot: A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
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Ratings:

	6.1/10 Votes: 3,582
	42% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 68 Popularity: 7.543 | TMDB

Reviews:

An under-rated Aussie chiller.
Following the success of Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’ in 1976, movies featuring psycho-kinetics became all the rage. In 1978, Hollywood cashed in with ‘The Fury’ (also by De Palma) and the Richard Burton vehicle ‘The Medusa Touch’; US TV gave us ‘The Initiation of Sarah’; and even Disney got in on the act with ‘Return from Witch Mountain’. Meanwhile, in Australia, director Richard Franklin joined in the craze with his creepy, offbeat chiller ‘Patrick’.

Susan Penhaligon stars as Kathy Jacquard, a pretty nurse who discovers that her new comatose patient Patrick (Robert Thompson) is not only capable of communicating via psychokinesis (and the occasional bit of spitting!), but is also able to kill. As Patrick gradually begins to fall for Kathy, any other man hoping to get close to her automatically becomes a target of his awesome mental powers.

To feature a malign character who spends 99.9% of the film’s running time absolutely motionless, staring into space, is an unusual, but very effective idea, and one that director Franklin cleverly uses to crank up the tension: his audience know damn well that Patrick will move at some point in the film, but have absolutely no idea when it will occur (I jumped twice: first, when Patrick unexpectedly spits at his nurse, and… well… you’ll definitely know the other moment when it happens).

There are those who may find the slow-burn approach of this movie a little laborious, but I loved its leisurely approach—particularly as it gave me time to fully appreciate the movie’s more bizarre moments: Kathy’s job interview, during which the hospital’s Matron mentions that such a job attracts certain ‘types’ (lesbians, scoptophiliacs, necrophiliacs, zoophiliacs and enema specialists!!); two scenes in which frogs don’t do so well (one has his brain smushed with a needle and another is eaten by a doctor); Kathy attempting to prove that Patrick can feel by giving him a little ‘wrist action’; and repeated appearances by Patrick’s ‘neighbour’, a crazy old man who wets himself.

7.5 out of 10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.

a pleasure
Due to the fact that it was on Netflix I happened to watch the 2013 remake of this film before this one and I’m glad I did, because at doesn’t hold a candle to the original. Had I seen this one first, doubtless I would have been highly disappointed in the remake; but as it stands Patrick: Evil Awakens is a guilty pleasure and Patrick simply a pleasure. First off, the dialogue is hilarious, in a tongue-in- cheek way, especially the much lauded ‘hiring scene’. It seems like something straight out of a John Waters film. The cinematography and sets are surprisingly decent for an Australian horror film and the hospital is in a gorgeous little mansion, the interior is reminiscent of the house in Psycho. It can be a bit silly and/or tacky but I think this works in the film’s favour. For the most part this film is a slow burn and I can’t help but feel that the writer’s and director’s aspirations exceeded that which they had either the skill or budget to create. Regardless it’s enjoyable and one which i’ll be watching over again, probably paired with Evil Awakens.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min), 1 hr 36 min (96 min) (USA), 1 hr 45 min (105 min) (Italy), 2 hr 20 min (140 min) (original cut)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director Richard Franklin
Writer Everett De Roche
Actors Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar
Country Australia
Awards 2 wins & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Lenses and Panaflex Camera by Panavision
Laboratory Colorfilm Laboratories, Victoria, Australia
Film Length 2,849 m (Italy), 3,154 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm