Patrick

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Michael, Kate

They remade Patrick! I only vaguely remember the Richard Franklin original so I can't directly compare the two. But the new one has a fun heightened tone that's stylised enough to slightly remove it from reality, helpful with such a goofy premise.

The challenge of making a bed-redden killer threatening is a tough nut to crack and this film makes things pretty big but at the same time if kind of vague on the rules of exactly how threatening this Patrick dude is. If you don't know the extent of someone's powers then you don't know how dangerous they are and how scared to be for your main characters.

Speaking of which, the cast all do pretty well. Charles Dance is always reliable as the creepy dude. Rachel Griffiths looks like she's having fun too.

Perhaps my favourite thing about the film is that they hired Pino Donaggio to do a real old school 70's melodrama horror score. It's truly a thing of beauty.

The film is stylishly made. It's kind of uneven but has some good moments here and there.