One of the “lost” Australian genre films of the 1970s celebrated in Mark Hartley’s hit documentary, Not Quite Hollywood this 1978 shocker has stood the test of time and is finally released in a pristine new 16:9 transfer with extensive special features.
Patrick (Robert Thompson) lies comatose in a hospital bed, the creepy Dr Roget (Robert Helpmann, clearly relishing the role) calling him a vegetable with no brain function. But Patrick’s mind is very active and he starts to exert a deadly influence on those around him.
