# Patrick (1978)

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**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Richard Franklin
**Written by**: Everett De Roche
**Starring**: Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, María Mercedes, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Helen Hemingway

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Hospital corridors at dusk, beeping machines, a comatose patient's gaze, a nurse's gentle touch. 
Private nurse assigned to his care. 
Typical of 70s Australian horror.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn

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