Something I really appreciate in a film is a clever title. 'Patient Seven' has that, and for multiple reasons, but the biggest one being that it makes you crave the knowledge of who the seventh patient is and what makes them worthy of having the film named after them. The film is presented with seven stories and then the central film tying them all together. Here are my brief thoughts on each of the segments.Segment 1: A bad way to start the film. Bland and unimaginative.Segment 2: Probably my favourite segment of them film. Smart, funny and a wee twist to top it off.Segment 3: Another boring segment with very little going for it. Not sure how it made the cut. More filler than anything else.Segment 4: I'm from New Zealand and I can tell you that patient four's accent was nothing like that which we have here. The segment itself though the accents were much better (and even featured real New Zealand money which impressed me). Not a great segment, but far from the worst. Very much middle of the road.Segment 5: Probably the second best segment. A little drawn out but has a nice ending to go out with a bang.Segment 6: Yuck. Nothing to like about this one.Segment 7: Would have liked this one to be better. It should have been, but again it just ran out of steam.The best part of the movie though is the story tying all of this together. That's where the real fun is to be had. Michael Ironside does a great job playing the creepy main character and he has more than enough to work with in the script. The film finishes very strongly and that is always a good thing for a movie to do. Leave the audience with a good taste in their mouth.

Dr. Daniel Marcus (Michael Ironside) you may call me Dr. Marcus, visits Spring Valley Mental Institute to conduct research for his latest book. He has unorthodox methods and forces patients to face the truth. The film is more of an anthology with the tales of six patients which can be classified: 2 demons, 2 killers, 1 zombie, 1 vampire. Then there is patient seven which ties them together.The film is professionally produced, in case you are tired of all the amateur films out there. It even had a decent sound track and the stories were fair, even if short. Patient seven is the twist which we have experienced before and half-way expected even without any clues.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

I'm so glad I didn't miss this one due to poor reviews!Yes, it's far from revolutionary, and it isn't super scary, but it does have that awesome, spooky, kind of old school charm to it. Honestly, in the seas of pretentious horror crap with pathetically weak story lines, this simple yet entertaining 7-piece has an almost soothing effect. It WOULD'VE been awesomer if they pushed that clichéd oldschool angle a bit further, but it works just fine the way it is.Some of the sequences are downright 100% awesome, some don't work that well, but overall it never gets boring. I see many complaints about the main story, but that story is basically just a glue to tie the 7 shorts together, and it works more than well in that regard.If you love Halloween anthologies as much as I do, you'll probably like this one, too. Give it a go. If you have older/teen kids, invite them as well. Cheers!

Slow...very slow start and you might be tempted to turn off the film (as I was) but, be patient.It's worth the wait to get to the good stuff.Brilliant idea, and very well executed.Veteran actor, Michael Ironside does NOT fail to pull off a chilling and creepy portrayal of a doctor who, himself, needs psychiatric care.You might see the twist coming, you might not. Either way, the film is a definite watch...The depths of writing it took...to keep the storyline straight in what would have otherwise been, a tangled mess of nonsense...wow!Bravo, bravo...