Patrick Scores U.S. and Canadian Distribution

With the Patrick remake recently receiving its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest this past September, we have finally scored some distribution news for you guys. While we don’t have a locked in release date at this time, at least we know it is on the horizon.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Phase 4 Films and Uncork’d Entertainment have acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to the horror flick, Patrick.

Phase 4 Films plans to release the film theatrically and On Demand in Spring 2014.

The film stars Richard E. Grant (Dracula, Corpse Bride), Rachel Griffiths (Blow), and Sharni Vinson (You’re Next), with Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) on directing duties.

Synopsis: After killing his mother and her lover some years before, Patrick is the comatose patient in Room 15 of a remote, private psychiatric clinic run by the secretive Dr. Roget, who treats him as guinea pig in his bizarre studies of life and death.

When Kathy, a nurse who has recently separated from her boyfriend, begins working at the clinic, she is instructed to care for Patrick. She is disturbed by Roget’s treatment of him and somehow feels that Patrick is trying to make a connection with her. When Kathy realizes that the lifeless murderer can communicate, she is shocked but compelled to prove her theory. Patrick has psychokinetic powers, which he uses to talk to Kathy by transferring his thoughts to her computer. As Patrick’s communication becomes stronger, strange and terrifying events begin to occur. Patrick has feelings for Kathy, and his affection is about to manifest itself as a deadly, bloody obsession.