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
Rechristened Patrick: Evil Awakens, Mark Hartley's re-imagining of Richard Franklin's 1978 cult horror film Patrick opens in the US today.
Some 20 minutes of Patrick, director Mark Hartley's re-imagining of Richard Franklin's 1978 Australian psychological thriller, was screened for US and international distributors at the Cannes Film Market.
Mark Hartley's Patrick will get a theatrical release in the US, handled jointly by Phase 4 Films and Uncork'd Entertainment.
The producers of horror/thriller feature Patrick and documentary In Bob We Trust are finalising Australian release plans after their well-received world premieres last Saturday at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The remake of 1978 Australian horror film Patrick, starring Rachel Griffiths, Sharni Vinson and Charles Dance, will begin filming at Melbourne's Docklands Studios on November 12
Prolific screenwriter Everett De Roche, who died yesterday, was one of the instigators of the Ozploitation genre movement of the 1970s and 80s.