Patrick Still Lives (1980) Mario Landi

Country: Italy| Director: Mario Landi

Patrick, a young man whose father runs a remote spa, is injured in a roadside incident and is in a coma. Some years later, during the off season, five people arrive at the clinic - an ambitious politician and his wife, a swimming star who's the son of a wealthy investor, and a tough-talking man and woman who arrive together but sleep in separate rooms. They're greeted by Lydia, the doctor's new assistant, and by two viciously barking dogs. The dogs' keeper warns Davis, the swimmer, to leave. In a locked part of the clinic, Patrick is in bed, wired to three comatose bodies. What sinister purpose does the doctor have? One by one, the guests meet trouble. Does Patrick have feelings?

Mario Landi's "Patrick Still Lives" has to be one of the sleaziest exploitation sickies ever made in Italy. It's filled with incredible amount of nudity and masturbation. Gianni Dei plays Patrick, a young man who is sent into coma as the result of the random act of violence. He lies in his bed looking into space for the most part and killing people with his telekinetic powers. The script is pretty bad, but the gore is mildly shocking. Still the scene where Maria Angela Giordano has a long metal pole pushed into her vagina is a real jaw dropper... Another offensive murder scene involves a lovely black-haired woman killed by her own dogs: they chase her all over the grounds before biting, licking and chewing her around the genitals,eventually killing her. The masturbation scene of stunningly beautiful Anna Venziano is also worth mentioning. Like earlier Mario Landi's sleazefest "Giallo a Venezia"(1979),"Patrick Still Lives" is cheap, shoddy, misogynistic and gleefully disgusting. It's just a pure exploitation film, so you should enjoy it as such. Highly recommended, if you like sleaze and extreme gore.