A typical stalking plot. The bad guy falls in love with the doctor who saved him. It wasn't too bad until about 15 minutes from the end. That's when they jumped the shark with the stupid, totally unrealistic conversation between the two of them talking over the computer. And then to rub salt in the wound, she has another conversation with him five minutes later. If it weren't for that, I'd give this a six. But I think I'm being generous giving it a five. I didn't have any complaints with the actors, they were fine. Although Detective Meadows character seems to take her role a little too serious.
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Many Unfortunate Incidents
lavatch23 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
"Stalked By My Patient" (a.k.a., "Deadly Patient," a.k.a., "Intensive Care") integrates a marvelous romantic line from the Preston Sturges film classic "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948): "A thousand poets dream a thousand years, then you were born, my love." Unfortunately, there was little romance in this film, only depravity, violence, and unpleasantness due to a stalker patient creating the mayhem.
Dr. Hillary Penzer is a caring hospital physician. But she runs into the worst case in the world when she must treat IT specialist Gregory Lipton for C02 poisoning. Lipton, who has murdered two women with whom he developed an obsession and was rejected, now believes that Dr. Penzer is his guardian angel. But for the audience, we are forced to endure the antics of Gregory as an avenging angel.
There was far too much violence in the film and so many red flags about Gregory's pathology that it was difficult to believe that Dr. Penzer would even speak with him after he left her care in the hospital. Officer Meadows is equally slow in figuring out that Gregory should be investigated and arrested.
Gregory refers to his bad conduct as producing "many unfortunate incidents." But that is a gross understatement of the work of an unhinged psycho. Gregory's fixation on Dr. Penzer was far more than obsession. It was an unpleasant ninety minutes of madness. And it would have been helpful to learn what was the source of Gregory's deeply troubled mind, which was never revealed in the single session with the psychiatrist that he murdered in cold blood.
Dr. Hillary Penzer is a caring hospital physician. But she runs into the worst case in the world when she must treat IT specialist Gregory Lipton for C02 poisoning. Lipton, who has murdered two women with whom he developed an obsession and was rejected, now believes that Dr. Penzer is his guardian angel. But for the audience, we are forced to endure the antics of Gregory as an avenging angel.
There was far too much violence in the film and so many red flags about Gregory's pathology that it was difficult to believe that Dr. Penzer would even speak with him after he left her care in the hospital. Officer Meadows is equally slow in figuring out that Gregory should be investigated and arrested.
Gregory refers to his bad conduct as producing "many unfortunate incidents." But that is a gross understatement of the work of an unhinged psycho. Gregory's fixation on Dr. Penzer was far more than obsession. It was an unpleasant ninety minutes of madness. And it would have been helpful to learn what was the source of Gregory's deeply troubled mind, which was never revealed in the single session with the psychiatrist that he murdered in cold blood.
Typical Lifetime/Hallmark Thriller fair
mjanssens267 April 2021
Skip It
hartvigsonl11 August 2019
Just assume that the police will be useless in every respect
Little_Tyke27 February 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Why do I always have to switch off my brain every time I watch an Afternoon (TV) Movie? This one was no exception. The lead character is a doctor and one would expect such a person to be capable of logical thinking, but our Hillary ignores pretty much every hint that her patient is a total psycho. From the very start while he's still in the hospital bed and comes on to her, she should have heard warning bells. But apart from allowing a slight ripple of concern to upset her visage, she does nothing. Even as Mr Stalker continues to, er, stalk her blatantly, she just thinks he's a little crazy, but kinda harmless, really. He sends her mum flowers. He breaks in to Hillary and fiance's house and leaves a single red rose. Her friend is run over, then properly murdered later, as the perp realises he wasn't going fast enough. Dead people everywhere, yet her brain is working slower than treacle poured from a jar. As ever, the police detective is totally useless, even being unavailable at one point BECAUSE IT'S THE WEEKEND!
However, I watched it all the way through, because Bree Williamson is quite good and very easy on the eye as well. Her fiance, though, was a bit of a cold fish. I think she would have had a much more exciting future if she'd married Gregory instead. Never a dull moment!
However, I watched it all the way through, because Bree Williamson is quite good and very easy on the eye as well. Her fiance, though, was a bit of a cold fish. I think she would have had a much more exciting future if she'd married Gregory instead. Never a dull moment!
"My God that's my house" ...seconds later... "Where are you?"
talentest11 April 2024
Of the gajillion moments in this film that had me face-palming and throwing my hands up, it's the exchange that occurred at the 67 minute & 50 second mark that finally made me blow my top with the sheer, maddening stupidity of every character in this movie.
The scene starts with the lead woman getting a video call from her psycho stalker in which she recognizes his location and says, "My God that's my house." Then... My God, then she engages him in conversation with befuddlement like she STILL hasn't grasped that this guy has been behind everything the whole movie (the murders, the sabotage, the hacking, the break-ins) despite having already made that conclusion a few times by now in earlier scenes.
She checklists the deadly events of the film as he 'evil-genius' explains how and why he did them. All to her shocked bewilderment (again, despite scenes having already shown her figuring things out just minutes ago).
And then, astoundingly, less than 2-minutes into this exchange she asks him, "Where are you?"
Seriously?!? "Where are you?" She goes from 'That's my house' to 'Where are you' in the matter of 100 seconds?!
She knows that her sick mother is at home, the same home that she recognized the stalker is currently calling her from. The same stalker who had just admitted to murdering her best friend, his previous girlfriends, a guy she met earlier, and got her fiance fired.
Yet she finishes the rest of this scene trying to respectfully plead with the guy to go find psychological help.
That scene is merely just one of many like it in this film and I still have another 17 minutes left to go. Sigh.
*edit: WTF?! Literally another 2 minutes later this entire conversation happens again when she calls her sick mom, shocked to learn that there is a mysterious male nurse there with her now. The woman asks to put him on the phone and... to her shock and horror... discovers that the nurse is actually... her stalker! And he's in her house!!
The very same stalker who had just video called her only minutes ago from that very same house. And once again she kindly pleads for him to seek mental help.
That's it. I'm done. I don't care how it ends. These back-to-back scenes have already killed too many braincells.
The scene starts with the lead woman getting a video call from her psycho stalker in which she recognizes his location and says, "My God that's my house." Then... My God, then she engages him in conversation with befuddlement like she STILL hasn't grasped that this guy has been behind everything the whole movie (the murders, the sabotage, the hacking, the break-ins) despite having already made that conclusion a few times by now in earlier scenes.
She checklists the deadly events of the film as he 'evil-genius' explains how and why he did them. All to her shocked bewilderment (again, despite scenes having already shown her figuring things out just minutes ago).
And then, astoundingly, less than 2-minutes into this exchange she asks him, "Where are you?"
Seriously?!? "Where are you?" She goes from 'That's my house' to 'Where are you' in the matter of 100 seconds?!
She knows that her sick mother is at home, the same home that she recognized the stalker is currently calling her from. The same stalker who had just admitted to murdering her best friend, his previous girlfriends, a guy she met earlier, and got her fiance fired.
Yet she finishes the rest of this scene trying to respectfully plead with the guy to go find psychological help.
That scene is merely just one of many like it in this film and I still have another 17 minutes left to go. Sigh.
*edit: WTF?! Literally another 2 minutes later this entire conversation happens again when she calls her sick mom, shocked to learn that there is a mysterious male nurse there with her now. The woman asks to put him on the phone and... to her shock and horror... discovers that the nurse is actually... her stalker! And he's in her house!!
The very same stalker who had just video called her only minutes ago from that very same house. And once again she kindly pleads for him to seek mental help.
That's it. I'm done. I don't care how it ends. These back-to-back scenes have already killed too many braincells.
Dreadful patient
gnvdyk15 January 2024
The movie is made up of bad acting, probably a newbie at directing (if you take the acting into account). Predictable storyline, and absolutely emotionless. It has unrealistic responses to natural events. Common sense was not included into this story line and I feel extremely insulted that someone would feel like this was supposed to be worth the watch. The whole movie feels rushed. I get what the writer was trying to achieve, but someone dropped the ball. Just weird but in a bad way. Don't bother unless you want to be left speechless and have time to waste on a brain dead movie. Way better stuff out there.
Very straightforward stalker but ok for one watch
phd_travel22 January 2019
No surprises here. From the get go we are introduced to the wacko of the week - a jilted guy who kills his ex Girlfriend then falls for the doctor in the hospital after he stages a murder suicide.
Sometimes a twist is good and this one is just too much plain sailing. The acting by the wacko is very obvious.
Sometimes a twist is good and this one is just too much plain sailing. The acting by the wacko is very obvious.
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