7-586: Mark Hartley is an Australian film maker. He is best known for the documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) and the remake of Patrick (2013). He also wrote and directed the documentary film Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films . The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987. Patrick (2013 film) Patrick (released internationally as Patrick: Evil Awakens )
14-625: A way to communicate with him. This quickly turns to horror when Patrick uses his psychic abilities to interfere with her life outside of the hospital, as Patrick has grown obsessed with Kathy and will harm anyone he deems to be interfering with his relationship with her. Richard E. Grant was originally cast as the doctor but had to drop out because of a scheduling conflict. Patrick was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Phase 4 Films on June 10, 2014. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , Patrick holds an approval rating of 73% based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 5.30/10. On Metacritic ,
21-634: Is a 2013 Australian supernatural horror film directed by Mark Hartley and a remake of the 1978 film of the same name . It had its world premiere on 27 July 2013 at the Melbourne International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on 14 March 2014, followed by a DVD release the following month. Its Canadian theatrical premiere was at the Lost Episode Festival Toronto on 5 July 2014. The movie stars Jackson Gallagher as
28-415: The film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100 based on 4 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Hollywood Reporter rated it favorably, summing it up with the tagline "This Ozploitation remake is a spookily effective fright-fest." The Guardian gave a predominantly favorable but mixed review, praising the cast's acting overall while noting that the film erred in overdoing
35-477: The film's shocks and doing them too early. Richard Kuipers from Variety gave the film a positive review, praising Vinson's performance, gothic atmosphere, while noting the film's occasionally wobbly dialogue. Drew Tinnin from Dread Central rated the film a score of 3.5 out of 5, stating that director Hartley "his remake of one of those films exhibits the same understanding of how to craft an effective horror film that's decidedly over-the-top while still retaining
42-454: The same atmosphere that made the original Patrick worth documenting in the first place." Clifford Wheatley from IGN wrote, " Patrick: Evil Awakens offers some talented actors doing their best with lacklustre material, peppered with some amusing practical make-up effects, but offers nothing of substance to make this a movie worth spending your money on. It's late-night cable fodder at the very best." Simon Abrams on Roger Ebert.com awarded
49-484: The titular Patrick, a comatose young man who uses his psychic powers to stalk a nurse caring for him. Kathy, a young nurse, is eager to prove herself in her new job in an isolated psychiatric clinic. She's intrigued by Patrick, a comatose patient whom her boss Dr. Roget assures her is incapable of truly responding to any external stimuli. Kathy is horrified by the experiments that Roget and his nurse Matron Cassidy inflict upon him, and she's initially pleased when she finds
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