Patrick Herschel becomes a comatose vegetable in the wake of a freak accident. Patrick's doctor dad invites several strangers to the secluded villa where he keeps Patrick alive on a bed in a secret clinic area. Naturally, said strangers start meeting untimely gruesome deaths left and right.

Director Mario Landi relates the enjoyably lurid story at a constant pace, maintains a blithely scuzzy and depraved tone throughout, delivers oodles of deliciously gratuitous bare female flesh (scorching hot honeys Mariangela Giordano, Carmen Russo, Anna Veneziano, and Andrea Belfiore all dutifully duff their duds in the name of leering exploitation),and stages the brutal murder set pieces with go-for-the-throat gory gusto, with an especially nasty and drawn out violation/impalement via fire poker rating as the definite splatter highlight. Moreover, we also get a funky-throbbing Goblinesque score, some choice gut-busting cruddy dialogue (favorite line: "Screaming women make me nervous"),and lots of conspicuous consumption of J&B whiskey (of course!). A total trashy treat.

A thrilling and disturbing film with mostly Italian actors as Sacha Pitoëff , Gianni Dei , Mariangela Giordano, Carmen Russo about a young who is wounded in a roadside incident and is in a coma developing strange powers and resulting a weird effect on the people . It stars Patrick (Giani Dei) , a young man whose father (Sacha Pittoeff) runs an isolated spa . Five people receive an anonymous letter revealing a secret of theirs and inviting them to come stay at a mansion that houses a clinic run by the mysterious doctor who experiments on the brain of his comatose son. As five people arrive at the clinic : a corrupt politician called Lyndon Kraft (Franco Silva) , his wife ,Cheryl (Carmen Russo) , an ex-model, who sleeps in different rooms , a swimming star , David who's the son of a wealthy investor , and a tough-talking man , Peter (John Benedy) and woman, Stella (Mariangela Giordano) who arrive together but sleep in separate rooms . They're greeted by Lydia Grant (Andrea Belfiore) , the doctor's new assistant . A bit later on , Patrick begins to exhibit bizarre phenomenon , as he is in bed , wired to three comatose bodies and suddenly using his psychic powers he comes in contact with . He starts by sending his messages on a nernearby typewriter but gets violent when he perceives certain people as his harassed contenders , then executing a bloody vendetta , ensuing a blood feast . Later on , one by one , the guests get killed . The comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis. Does Patrick have feelings? . Patrick is Nearly Dead ... And Still He Kills! . Some people thought he was insane, He appeared to be deaf, dumb and blind, None of them knew of the sixth sense: The power of PATRICK'S mind ! .Patrick doesn't need his body anymore. He'll scare the hell out of you. Acclaimed or panned by moviegoers and critics everywhere !. Patrick has a way with people . His way. Or else. The Italian killer-in-a-coma exploitation classic!.

Thunderously overwhrought pile of Grand Guignol horror and displaying a lot of slaughter , mayhem , sickening images and poltergeister with Patrick's considerable telekinesis talents . It is one of the nastiest , sleaziest and most brutal gore flicks ever produced in Italy . Including several nude women suffering grim , terrible and gory comeuppances and leaving nothing to the imagination . The plot is well known , plain and simple : a young has secret amazing powers to move things with her mind , and making her angry could prove to be deadly . While the original Australian film ¨Patrick¨ (1978) by Richard Franklyn had some of violence but nothing really bloody , this Patrick vive ancora (1980) nearly no connection to its predecessor , being really a crazy exploitation from Italy . Resulting to be an exercise in pure depravity with special mention for a female character being stalked by a metal pole and through the use of viewers are treated to all manner of sexual shenanigans, and some really grisly scenes of carnage , including two viciously barking dogs devouring a woman . A sickening , totally incompetent , an absolute insult to good taste , especially the horrible frames about a vicious wife stabbed in the crotch , which qualifies Patrick still alive for an extremely elevated sleaziness . That's why it's rated NC-17 or R due to extreme graphic violence , continuous full male and female nudity, adding strong sexual scenes , language and many other things. Mediocre main and support cast with full of gorgeous naked women , such as : Mariangela Giordano , Carmen Russo , Anna Veneziano and Andrea Belfiore . And Gianni Dei as the young Patrick laying comatose in a small private hospital while giving a unsettling and disturbing appearance .

This horror-thriller was lousily directed by Mario Landi , although marketed as straight sequel to the Ozzy terror "Patrick" , it has little to do with the former movie . Landi was an Italian craftsman from the Fifties , directing acceptable dramas and comedies such as ¨Siamo tutti Milanes¨ , ¨Canzoni per le strade¨ , ¨Maigret at the Pigalle¨, ¨Jacob and Esau¨ played by notorious European actors as Ugo Tognazzi, Walter Chiari , Gino Cervi , Raymond Pellegrin , Fosco Giachetti , Ken Clark, Massimo Serato . However, in the Seventies he moved to explotiation , grim terror , sex comedy and softcore , such as : ¨Batton Story¨ , ¨Il Viziaccio¨, ¨Supersexy Market¨ , and the extremely gory Giallo : ¨Giallo a Venezia¨ made in similar style to ¨Patrick still lives¨ . Rating . 3.5/10. Below average, no for squeamish .

Patrick (Gianni Dei) while standing along side of the road gets red liquid thrown in his face and goes into a lifetime coma. He is treated by his father Dr. Hershel (Sacha Pitoëff) at a private vacation villa and hospital. Five guests show up in the off season. The doctor has his coma patients connected to a large machine with a meter with red and green lights that plays 50's eerie sci-fi music. Patrick is able to control people and things through his super imposed eyes (see DVD cover) . Visitors are killed by Patrick and bad special effects.

This is the Italian film that the later 2013 blockbuster "Patrick" was based upon, although they give it no credit. As far as a horror film goes, the newer English version is far superior. However if gratuitous nudity is what you crave this one smokes the new one. I saw the general release edition which used any inane way to get a nude scene. There is an uncut version available that I haven't seen, although I can't imagine there be much more than the full frontal nudity already in this one.

Not much of a sci-fi horror. 6 stars for the nudity (Mariangela Giordano, Carmen Russo, Anna Veneziano, Andrea Belfiore)