With my workweek winding down and a weekend full of events
at the Pennsylvania Literary Festival (and softball), I decided to kick back
and relax once I finished some homework tonight. While relaxing, I threw on a
film I picked up at Family Video, the 2013 entry Patrick: Evil Awakens.
Plot/ When a young nurse begins work at an isolated
psychiatric ward, she quickly becomes fascinated with Patrick, a brain dead
patient who is the subject of a mad scientist's cruel and unusual experiments.
What starts as an innocent fascination quickly takes a sinister turn as Patrick
begins to use his psychic powers to manipulate her every move, and send her
life into a terrifying spiral out of control.
As many know, I am not a huge fan of remakes. However, this
updated version of the 1978 film Patrick is worth watching and does a great job
at bridging the films together. While there is solid acting, detailed
cinematography, and a tremendous score, it is the dark storyline and underlying
realism that drives this one home. Because of this storyline, there is a cold
and heavy atmosphere created in the film that definitely allows the movie to
breathe and grow. Yes, there is not a tremendous difference from the original,
the scares were somewhat predictable and there was not an overly suspenseful
feel, but those are really non-factors in this film. In the end, this was an
entertaining movie and a film that must be watched. More creepy than
terrifying, this one is worth renting at least once.
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