‘Try to remain calm.’
Patient Seven is a 2016 horror anthology film that intertwines seven short films from around the world with a wraparound story set in a mental institution in the USA.
The American linking footage was directed by Danny Draven (Ghost Month; Reel Evil; Dark Walker; DeathBed) from a script by Barry Jay Stich (The Chosen) for production company Terror Films.
The overall plot recalls the 1972 British Amicus anthology film Asylum.
The short films are by:
Nicholas Peterson (‘The Visitant’)
Paul Davis (‘The Body’)
Ómar Örn Hauksson (‘Undying Love’)
Dean Hewison (‘The Sleeping Plot’)
Erlingur Thoroddsen (‘Banishing’; Child Eater)
Joel Morgan (‘Death Scenes’),
Johannes Persson and Rasmus Wassberg (‘Evaded’)
The movie stars Michael Ironside (The Vagrant; Visiting Hours; American Nightmare), Jack Plotnick (Suburban Gothic; Rubber), Grace Van Dien (Aaah Roach!), Danielle Kotch, Sirry Jons, Rane Jameson, William Mark McCullough, Drew Fonteiro (Aaah Roach!) Anna Rose Moore, Daniel Lench, Amanda Graeff.
Plot:
Doctor Marcus (Michael Ironside), a renowned psychiatrist, has selected six severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital, to interview as part of the research for his new book.
As Doctor Marcus interviews each patient, one by one the horrors they have committed begin to unfold. However, he soon learns that there is one patient who has been kept from him by the hospital’s administrator, Doctor Vincent (Jack Plotnick)…
Teaser:
Trailer:
Free to watch online:
Technical specs:
1 hour 56 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
