From the box art, I thought this was called Patrick: Evil Awakens. But apparently, it's just Patrick. Which makes more sense... Patrick - although he *is* evil, never really awakens in the film. Or he's never really asleep to begin with. More like in a coma, but still alive. So that's a little misleading. But this Patrick is a remake of 1978's Patrick, so maybe it's just an easy way of differentiating the two. I had heard some good things and loved Sharni Vinson in You're Next, so I had high hopes for this one. But while Patrick has some good performances and some nice visuals/set design, the script is kind of flat and ultimately doesn't have much excitement or anything new to offer.
I haven't seen the original, but from what I can gather it's pretty similar plot-wise. The titular Patrick is a coma patient in a kind of shady, isolated hospital - while there are a half-dozen other comatose patients there, Patrick seems to be the primary focus of Dr. Roget's (Charles Dance) extreme experiments. When one of the nurses goes missing (i.e. is killed in the opening - and probably my favorite - sequence), a new nurse named Kathy (Sharni Vinson) is hired. Kathy forms a connection with Patrick - he can seemingly communicate with her using little muscle movements in his mouth. But Dr. Roget is having none of it, and continues with his "treatment" of Patrick (which is basically just shocking the hell out of him). But Patrick begins to develop not only feelings for Kathy, but also telekinetic powers. Despite being bedridden and comatose, he uses his telekinetic abilities to try and remove the obstacles (i.e. people) keeping him and Kathy from being together.
