The Sender Page #2

Synopsis: A young man has just been admitted to a mental hospital after attempting suicide at a public beach. Unable to remember even his own name, the doctors call him John Doe #83. Soon after his arrival, the doctor assigned to him begins seeing and hearing things around her that have no explanation. Soon she beings to make the terrifying connection between the things she's seeing and her new patient.
 
IMDB:
6.2
R
Year:
1982
91 min
81 Views


FOR SUICIDAL:

DEPRESSION. IT WORKS.

SO WOULD TORTURE.

THERES NO PAIN INVOLVED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HAVE YOU EVER:

BEEN SHOCKED?

NO PATIENT HAS:

EVER REPORTED PAIN.

YES, BECAUSE THEY

DONT REMEMBER IT.

THAT DOESNT MEAN

THEY DIDNT FEEL IT.

YOU SHOCK:

A PATIENT,

YOU PUNISH HIM.

HE STOPS FEELING

GUILTY FOR A WHILE--

EXACTLY. AND

HE BECOMES ACCESSIBLE

TO PSYCHOTHERAPY.

HES ALREADY:

ACCESSIBLE.

HES NOT GOING:

TO KILL HIMSELF.

CAN YOU BE:

SURE OF THAT?

SOME WOMAN CAME:

TO SEE HIM TODAY.

THATS WHY:

HES UPSET.

AND WHY ARE YOU:

SO UPSET?

I AM NOT UPSET.

DR. FARMER, DID YOU WANT ME

TO GIVE THE MESSIAH

HIS INJECTION?

NO, ILL

TAKE CARE OF IT.

GAIL...

BUT WHAT IS I THATS BOTHERING YOU?

JUST TELL ME.

JUST, PLEASE,

GIVE ME SOME MORE TIME

WITH HIM BEFORE YOU STAR SCRAMBLING HIS BRAIN.

OH!

OHH! OH!

WHAT WERE YOU:

LOOKING FOR?

THE THORAZINE.

HERES THE THORAZINE, ITS

RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE.

DOCTOR,

WHATS WRONG?

NURSE.

IM SORRY, DR. FARMER,

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SPOOK YOU.

IM HERE ABOU YOUR PATIENT,

THE ONE THATS:

DRIVING YOU CRAZY.

MY NAME IS JEROLYN.

YES.

WHAT CAN I:

DO FOR YOU?

TELL ME:

YOU HAVENT YOU:

BEEN SEEING THINGS?

OF COURSE, I DIDN LET IT THROW ME.

IVE BEEN:

LIVING WITH I FOR 20 YEARS.

I GAVE HIM:

PERFECT LOVE.

WHATEVER HE NEEDED,

I GAVE HIM.

ID BE WORKING:

AT THE FACTORY,

ID RUSH HOME IF:

HE WAS HUNGRY, OR...

HAVING A BAD DREAM.

ID KNOW ABOUT IT.

A MOTHER:

ALWAYS KNOWS:

HER--HER BABY

NEEDS SOMETHING.

HE TELLS HER.

THATS ALL HE IS.

HES A BABY:

HES CRYING:

FOR HIS MAMA.

NO MATTER WHERE:

I AM, I...

I CAN ALWAYS:

HEAR HIM CRYING.

THATS WHY YOURE HERE.

HE NEEDS ME.

HES LOS WITHOUT ME.

HES NEVER BEEN:

AWAY FROM HOME.

IM ALL:

HES EVER KNOWN.

IM A GOOD MOTHER.

I RAISED A POWERFUL,

GOOD SON.

YES, I KNOW.

WILL YOU TELL ME

HIS NAME?

YOURE:

IN DANGEROUS WATER.

TAKE IT FROM ME.

I APPRECIATE:

THE WARNING.

IF YOU DONT MIND,

ID LIKE SOMEONE ELSE

TO HEAR THIS.

DR. DENMANS

OFFICE.

YES, MARY, I NEED

TO SEE DR. DENMAN.

WOULD YOU ASK HIM

TO COME RIGHT AWAY?

IM SORRY, DR. FARMER.

HES ON THE TELEPHONE.

HE MAY BE A FEW MINUTES.

WELL,

WHEN HES FINISHED,

WOULD YOU TELL HIM

TO COME TO MY OFFICE?

TELL HIM JOHN DOES

MOTHER IS HERE.

THANK YOU.

THERE WAS:

A WOMAN:

IN MY OFFICE,

WHERED SHE GO?

IM SORRY, DOCTOR.

I DIDNT SEE.

EDDIE,

EDDIE, DID YOU SEE

A WOMAN GO BY HERE,

ABOUT 40, WITH A

DARK BLUE DRESS ON?

NO, DOCTOR, I

CANT SAY I DID.

JEROLYN!

IM SOME KIND:

OF A RECEIVER FOR JOHN DOE.

HES SENDING ME:

HIS DREAMS.

THIS TRUCK, DID

ANYONE ELSE SEE IT?

I THOUGHT I WAS:

GOING CRAZY. I WASNT.

I WAS SEEING:

WHAT HE WAS SEEING.

THATS HOW:

HE COMMUNICATES.

THATS HOW HES ALWAYS

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