The Sender Page #3

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


COMMUNICATED SINCE HE WAS BORN.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

BECAUSE HIS MOTHER

WAS HERE EARLIER.

SHE TOLD ME.

ITS BEEN OCCURRING

SINCE HE WAS A BABY.

ITS POSSIBLE,

I SUPPOSE,

IT COULD BE:

SOME FORM:

OF TELEPATHY.

THATS WHAT I THINK.

DO YOU THINK:

JOHN DOE KNOWS:

HE HAS THIS ABILITY?

OH, I DONT THINK

HE WANTS TO KNOW.

HE CANT CONTROL IT.

THATS WHY IT COMES OU IN HIS DREAMS.

DR. FARMER, YOU ASKED

TO SEE A BIBLE?

OH, YES, YES.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ARE:

YOU DOING?

IM LOOKING UP:

THAT LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

ITS LUKE1:
31.

LUKE...

1:
31.

"AND BEHOLD, THOU SHAL CONCEIVE IN THY WOMB

"AND BRING FORTH A SON,

"AND SHALT CALL

HIS NAME JESUS."

OH, MY GOD,

THAT CRAZY WOMAN.

THANK YOU.

DONT FORGE YOUR JACKET.

WHERE IS JOHN DOE?

HES IN THE DAY ROOM.

DOES IT REMIND YOU

OF HER?

WHATS 1963?

WHY WERE YOU:

TRYING TO GET THERE?

I DONT KNOW WHA YOURE TALKING ABOUT.

LOOK AT THE TOP CARD.

WHAT FOR?

JUST LOOK AT IT.

DONT SHOW IT TO ME.

ITS A HEART.

AGAIN.

CLUB.

WRONG AGAIN.

KEEP GOING.

BLACK CARD.

RED CARD.

RED CARD.

BLACK CARD.

RED CARD.

BLACK.

BLACK.

RED.

O OUT OF 10.

YOU KNOW THE ODDS

AGAINST THAT?

ABOUT 1,000 TO 1.

THE SAME AS GETTING

10 OUT OF 10.

PEOPLE READ YOUR MIND.

THEY THINK:

YOUR THOUGHTS.

THEY SEE YOUR DREAMS.

THEY FEEL YOUR PAIN.

YOU MAY NOT WAN TO ADMIT IT,

BUT THEY DO.

IM NOT TRYING:

TO HURT YOU.

SEE, THATS

WHEN IT HAPPENS,

WHEN YOU FEEL:

THREATENED OR UPSET.

BUT YOU CAN CONTROL IT. THATS WHA REALLY SCARES YOU.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

KEEP HER AWAY FROM ME.

YOURE CRAZY.

DEFINITELY SOME SOR OF TELEPATHY.

HOW ELSE WOULD YOU

EXPLAIN THE CARDS?

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED

THIS POSSIBILITY?

WHAT?

PATIENT COMES:

INTO THE HOSPITAL,

DEPRESSED, SUICIDAL.

YOU FEEL SORRY FOR HIM,

YOU WANT TO MOTHER HIM.

IN YOUR EAGERNESS

TO EMPATHIZE,

YOU EVEN START SEEING

THINGS THROUGH HIS EYES.

AND THEN HIS REAL MOTHER

SHOWS UP.

YOU FEEL:

THREATENED BY HER,

SHES A RIVAL FOR HIS LOVE.

YOU GET UPSET WITH HER,

WITH ME, WITH YOURSELF.

AND GO OUT WRECK

AND MY CAR?

IM NO THAT GUILTY.

NO.

GUILT WOULD BE NEUROTIC.

AND YOU THINK IM

JUST FLAT-OUT CRAZY?

HE SAYS, "IM

BACK IN ALFREDS BEARD."

GAIL, I WANT YOU

TO GO HOME.

I WANT YOU:

TO GET SOME REST.

AND I WANT YOU TO STAY

AWAY FROM JOHN DOE 83.

AND THAT, IM AFRAID,

IS AN ORDER.

DR. FARMER?

NURSE!

TAKE HIM:

TO ROOM "B".

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

WHAT WE SHOULD'VE

DONE IMMEDIATELY.

NO! I KNEW HE WAS

TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF.

HE SENT ME A WARNING.

LIE DOWN.

NOW, YOURE GOING TO

HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HAND STILL.

NOW, DONT BE

FRIGHTENED.

YOU WONT FEEL:

ANY PAIN.

SOON AS I TURN:

THAT MACHINE ON,

YOURE GOING TO FA

LL FAST ASLEEP, OK?

OK.

GOOD.

TAKE THESE TO:

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