At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Patrick (1978) ** 1/2 (out of 4)Kathy (Susan Penhaligon) gets a new job working at a hospital as a nurse where her main duties are looking after a man named Patrick (Robert Thompson). The young man has been in a coma for three years but soon Kathy begins to think that he has some sort of psychic powers that allows him to stalk her and do much worse.PATRICK came from Australia and was one of the biggest hits of the Ozploitation era. If you're a fan of Hitchcock then Richard Franklin's film is an obvious homage to the Master of Suspense and it's worth noting that the director would go on to make PSYCHO II. I'm a little surprised that this film became such a hit when it was originally released because it lacks most of what made something like CARRIE so good.On a technical level the film is quite impressive as Franklin certainly makes a film that looks quite good. The cinematography is extremely good and the music score by Brian May is catchy. I also thought the performances were extremely good with Penhaligon doing an excellent job in the role of the nurse. I really thought she was tremendous in the film and she certainly helps keep you interested in what's going on. The supporting cast members are all good including Thompson who is quite memorable even though he doesn't say a word or move.What keeps the film from being better is the fact that it clocks in at 112 minutes and there's really not too much that happens. I really don't mind the slow pace but I certainly wish the film had been cut down a little or at least given a bit more to do. With that said, the lack of any real horror moments keeps the film from being better but PATRICK is still worth viewing.

Another cult classic from the land of Australia. This is a good one to have on the shelf of your movie collection, but it'll probably collect a fair bit of dust. It is good but a bit boring. It seems to drag on for too long until the ultimate climax. Patrick proves to be interesting and new but fails a few too many times along it's way for the quest. Good enough for a one watch trick, but anything after that might as well just skip to the last 20 or so minutes. Interesting and surprisingly original with its concepts and also relatively well made considering its budget. Not Australia's best, but a good cult classic to have in your ultimate, but not essential, collection of movies.

This movie is very slow burner, it's take time to build up creepy feel to the movie,Patrick sure did look really creepy and very scary at times even without moving! I loved all the strange things he was doing to the others people in the movie, I thought was really good effect for the time. I loved the way the movie ended, in one of the last scenes of the movie, I didn't see that coming but it did make Jump from my Chair. Great story, Great effects and great acting from the whole castLooked at trailer for remake, Guy who playing Pat dose not look as scary and looks two young that this part.!

Young Patrick (a creepy mute portrayal by Robert Thompson, who never blinks or says a single word throughout the whole movie) goes into a comatose state after murdering his mother and her lover. Pretty young nurse Kathy Jacquard (a fine and appealing performance by fetching brunette Susan Penhaligon) senses that Patrick is somehow still sentient and hence trying to communicate with her. Meanwhile, various folks around Patrick start dying in mysterious ways. Director Richard Franklin does a commendable job of firmly grounding the fantastic premise in a thoroughly plausible pedestrian everyday reality, but crucially fails to generate any much-needed suspense, momentum, and spooky atmosphere. Moreover, Everett De Roche's blah script gets bogged down in a numbing excess of dull chitchat that slows the erratic pace to a sluggish crawl and allows the shaky narrative to ramble all over the place. The bloated 112 minute running time further compounds the severity of the general tedium. Fortunately, the competent acting by the sturdy cast keeps the picture watchable: Penhaligon makes for a strong and sympathetic lead, with praiseworthy support from Rod Mullinar as Kathy's estranged husband Ed, Bruce Barry as charming and handsome neurosurgeon Brian Wright, Robert Helpmann as the coldly pragmatic Dr. Roget, Julia Blake as Kathy's stern superior Matron Cassidy, and Helen Hemingway as the friendly Sister Williams. Brian May's lush and spare orchestral score manages to be effectively chilling without ever becoming too overbearing or obtrusive. Don McAlpine's crisp cinematography boasts several clever and impressive visual flourishes. However, this movie is too flatly done and talky to pass muster as anything more than a decent time-waster.