Sender (1982)
Directed by Roger Christian

Starring Kathryn Harrold Paul Freeman Sean Hewitt Shirley Knight Zeljko Ivanek

A slow, big-budget asylum horror pic from Paramount Pictures has Ivanek as a new inmate at a mental institution who, in addition to suffering rom amnesia, turns out to be psychic, hence the title of the film.

Psychiatrist Harrold realizes the young man's power and is labeled a kook by her co-workers—until they attempt to use electro-shock therapy on the suicidal patient. He causes the entire asylum to go topsy turvy.

The film is slick and well-produced, but, despite a few cool dream sequences involving armies of rats, it's too slow and plodding to recommend. Pass.

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-- Review by Lucius Gore


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