Amerikanci debelo prednjače po štancanju raznoraznih remakova, ali daleko od toga da su jedina svjetska kinematografija koja se bavi preradama starih naslova. Tom trendu su se eto pridružili i Australci remakom svog filma, horror trilera Patrick iz 1978. godine. Radnja remake je identična onoj iz originala te govori o psihopatskom ubojici Paticku koji već 19 godina leži u komi, u kojoj je završio nakon što je ubio svoju majku i njezinog ljubavnika. Ali Patrick ima telekinetičke sposobnosti kojima može ubijati, a koje se probude u njemu nakon što u bolnici počne raditi zgodna medicinska sestra koja u njemu probudi želju za ubijanjem.
Režiju remakea potpisuje Mark Hartley koji je između ostaloga režirao i dva dosta dobra dokumentarca Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! i Machete Maidens Unleashed!, posvećena Australskom i Filipinskom eksploatacijskom i girndhouse filmu 70-ih i 80-ih godina. A u pripremi mu je još jedan slične tematike, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films posvećen filmografiji legendarnog Cannon Pictures studija.
U glavnom ulogama se pojavljuju Jackson Gallagher, Sharni Vinson (igra također u nadolazećem horrorcu You’re Next, a pojavila se i u filmu Bait 3D), Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”, Ironclad itd.), Rachel Griffiths, Peta Sergeant, Eliza Taylor, Martin Crewes, te još mnogi drugi. Film će premijerno biti prikazan 27. srpnja 2013. na Melbourne International Film Festivalu. A u najavi su i projekcije na Fantastic Festu, te Official Selection Sitges Film Festivalu. Službena Australska premijera filma Patrick će se pak održati 17. listopada 2013.

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After killing his mother and her lover some years before, Patrick is the comatose patient in room 15 of a remote, private psychiatric clinic run by the secretive Dr Roget who treats him as guinea pig in his bizarre studies of life and death. When Kathy, a nurse who has recently separated from her boyfriend, begins working at the clinic, she is instructed to care for him. She is disturbed by Roget’s treatment of him and somehow feels that Patrick is trying to make a connection with her. When Kathy realized that the lifeless murderer can communicate, she is shocked but compelled to prove her theory. Patrick has psychokinetic powers, which he uses to talk to Kathy by transferring his thoughts to her computer. As Patrick’s communication becomes stronger, strange and terrifying events begin to occur. Patrick has feelings for Kathy and his affection is about to manifest itself as a deadly, bloody obsession.

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