A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Direction
Franklin's Hitchcock obsession shines through every slow zoom.
Acting
Robert Thompson's unblinking, drooling stare is genuinely upsetting.
Score
Brian May's Goblin-channeling synths scream Italian horror in Australia.
Director
Richard Franklin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Richard Franklin was so obsessed with Hitchcock that he later directed Psycho II; the opening shot here directly quotes Psycho's shower curtain reveal.
This launched the 'Ozploitation' boom—producer Antony I. Ginnane recognized that cheap Australian crews could mimic expensive European horror, spawning a decade of mutant kangaroos and psychic killers.
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