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A telekinetic killer (Robert Thompson) causes chaos for his nurse (Susan Penhaligon) whom he falls in love with while lying in a coma in a clinic. Now increasingly aware of his terminal condition, he seeks to induce his nurse to join him in death.
1942, Hereford, England, UK
24 October 1934, Queensland, Australia
12 July 1946, USA
3 July 1949, Manila, Philippines
1936, London, England, UK
1936, Bromley, Kent, England, UK
11 April 1924, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
7 April 1905, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
1953, Australia
August 27, 2003
Tepid little chiller -- like a horror version of Tommy.
November 26, 2002
It is a film that resists visceral shocks, favoring the horror of its psychology. A shame, for its psychology is only slightly horrific.
March 24, 2014
Director Richard Franklin [...] eventually lets Patrick's powers go haywire, but the first half of the film combines sinister atmosphere-building with a justified faith that an immobile killer is still an ever-present threat.
November 22, 2002
D.o.a.
March 14, 2009
One of Australia's commercially successful genre films of the 70s, a supernatural thriller
