MARK HARTLEY

PATRICK (2013)
Starring Rachel Griffiths, Charles Dance, Sharni Vinson, Jackson Gallagher, Peta Sergeant, Martin Crewes, Eliza Taylor, Simone Buchanan, Damon Gameau and Shane Nagle. Directed by Mark Hartley.

After the mysterious disappearance of a nurse at a remote private clinic, Kathy (Sharni Vinson) takes up the vacant role at the mysterious 'Roget Clinic', a private hospital for the clinically comatose in a remote seaside town. Kathy is placed under the imperious watch of Matron Cassidy (Rachel Griffiths) and Dr. Sebastian Roget (Charles Dance) a renegade neurologist operating at the fringes of medical society.

Despite her strong sense of foreboding and the dismal working conditions, Kathy is desperate to take up the post and overlooks the eeriness of the ward and the disturbing patients that reside there. She is soon assigned to care for a mysterious coma patient, who is simply known to staff as Patrick. Before long it becomes apparent that Patrick's affections for Kathy turn into a deadly and bloody obsession, letting no one get in his way.

REVIEWS Patrick - Classic horror gets a modern twist