The Sender

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.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director(s): Roger Christian

Actors: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman


IMDB:: 6.2

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: R
Year:: 1982
: 91 min
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SOMETHING SET HIM
OFF QUICKLY.
LETS SEE THAT AGAIN.
HES COMING DOWN NOW.
SORRY TO DISTURB
YOU, DR. DENMAN.
WEVE GOT AN ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE CASE IN ADMISSIONS.
I THINK DR. FARMER
SHOULD SEE HIM.
OK, THANKS.
DR. FARMER,
WILL YOU GO:
TO EMERGENCY:
RIGHT AWAY?
OK.
WILL YOU SHUT UP!
HELLO, RON.
HI.
THANK YOU.
DID THEY HAVE:
TO RESUSCITATE HIM?
NO, HE WAS
CONSCIOUS.
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?
AROUND LUNCH TIME.
WHO IS HE?
HE DOESNT HAVE:
THE FAINTEST IDEA.
THERES NO WALLE OR I.D.?
JUST ROCKS:
IN HIS POCKET.
IM GAIL FARMER.
.
IM A PSYCHIATRIS IT SAYS IN THE REPORT YOU
TRIED TO DROWN YOURSELF.
IS THAT TRUE?
I HATE THIS NAME
THEY GAVE YOU,
JOHN DOE 83.
CAN YOU TELL ME:
YOUR REAL NAME?
IS THAT LIGH BOTHERING YOU?
SO WHAT AM I:
GOING TO CALL YOU?
MR. DOE?
JOHN?
JOHNNY?
J.D.?
GET STUFFED.
WELL, I KNOW TWO THINGS
ABOUT YOU ANYWAY.
YOU HAD A MOTHER
AND YOU HAD A FATHER.
RIGHT OR WRONG?
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.
DO YOU KNOW:
WHERE YOU ARE?
A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
A STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL
WHICH IS NO PLACE
TO RIDE AN ATTITUDE.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN
A HOSPITAL BEFORE?
NO.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
IN A HOUSE.
WHERE? HOW FAR AWAY?
I DONT REMEMBER.
WHO ELSE LIVES THERE?
MY MOTHER.
WHATS THE MATTER?
CANT YOU TELL?
I SAID SOMETHING
STUPID BEFORE, DIDNT I,
ABOUT YOUR PARENTS?
YOU SAID:
I HAD A FATHER.
DID HE LEAVE YOU?
OR DIE?
I NEVER HAD:
A FATHER.
LIKE JESUS.
THATS RIGHT.
LIKE JESUS.
THATS GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
CAUSE THIS OTHER GUY HERE,
HE THINKS HE MIGHT BE JESUS.
WHAT AM:
I GOING TO TELL HIM?
F*CK OFF.
I COULD TELL HIM
TO F*CK OFF.
QUIT MESSING:
WITH MY HEAD.
YOUD SOONER DIE.
THATS RIGHT.
WHY DIDNT YOU:
JUMP OFF A BRIDGE
OR IN FRONT OF A TRAIN
INSTEAD OF GOING SWIMMING?
YOU CHOSE A PUBLIC
PARK AT NOON.
YOU DID EVERYTHING
BUT BRING A TOWEL.
YOU THINK YOU MIGH WANT TO STICK AROUND
FOR A WHILE?
AT LEAST UNTIL WE FIND
THE TRUE CHRIST?
LETS GO, FISH.
YOUVE BEEN SLEEPING
ALL DAY.
COME ON.
WARDS 043 AND 048,
LAST CALL TO SUPPER.
AH, WELCOME TO O48.
WHAT ARE YOU IN FOR?
MY MEMORY.
MEMORY?
LOOK, DONT WORRY
ABOUT THE MESSIAH.
LOST HIS MARBLES
IN INDIA.
THINKS HES THE CHOSEN ONE.
LISTEN.
STICK WITH ME, KID.
IM FAKING IT.
THEY WANT TO SEND
ME BACK TO VIETNAM.
SHIT, MAN.
IM SANER THAN:
ALL OF THEM.
SO, TELL ME SOMETHING, HOW ARE
OUR BOYS DOING OUT THERE?
WHERE?
NAM.
THEY FINISHED:
YEARS AGO.
THE WAR IS OVER.
OH, SHIT.
NOT YOU, TOO, KID. HUH?
THEY TOLD YOU:
TO SAY THAT!
WELL, IM NOT GOING BACK
THERE! F*CK IT!
IM NOT GOING BACK!
YOU HEAR?
HEY, SOMEONES
LOOKING FOR YOU.
WHATS:
THE MATTER, ROOKIE?
YOU LOOK LIKE:
YOUVE SEEN A GHOST.
YOU THINK:
YOURE JESUS.
WALK ON THAT.
WHAT IS IT?
JOHN.
WHATS WRONG?
NOTHING.
NOTHINGS WRONG.
YOU DIDNT SLEEP,
DID YOU?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IVE BEEN SLEEPING
ALL DAY.
IS THA THE JOHN DOE?
YES. IT IS.
DON'T COME NEAR ME.
HES BEEN:
GUILLOTINED.
HE SAYS HE CAN MOVE HIS HEAD.
ITLL FALL OFF.
HOW COME:
IT DIDNT FALL OFF?
HES BIDING:
HIS TIME.
WHO?
JOHN DOE.
HE THREATENED:
TO CUT YOUR HEAD OFF?
YES.
YOU LIE LIKE A DOG.
HE NEVER SAID "BOO"
TO YOU, PROPHET!
WHEN WAS:
HIS LAST MEDICATION?
HE WONT TAKE IT.
HES AFRAID:
TO SWALLOW.
THEN WELL:
HAVE TO INJECT IT.
WHO IS IT?
WHO IS IT?
THIS IS SERGEANT STROUD.
HOLD THE LINE, PLEASE.
HELLO.
SERGEANT STROUD.
YES, THIS IS
DR. FARMER.
505 CORINTH WAY.
SOMEBODYS BREAKING
INTO MY HOUSE.
OK. NOW STAY CALM.
THERES A CAR:
ON ITS WAY.
DR. FARMER.
ITS ALL RIGHT.
ITS NOT A PROWLER.
ITS A PATIENT OF MINE.
HE TOOK A PIECE OF JEWELRY
FROM MY NIGHTSTAND.
ITS A NECKLACE--HE SAW
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