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
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Year:
1982
91 min
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WHY CANT I CONTROL IT?

WHEN YOU:

REMEMBER EVERYTHING

THAT HAPPENED,

YOU WILL:

CONTROL IT.

I HOPE SHE:

NEVER COMES BACK.

HOPE I GE SOME SLEEP TONIGHT.

YOURE SURE YOU DON WANT TO PLAY?

SAY, YOU OK, BROTHER?

HEY!

SAY, MY MAN?

SAY, YOU OK, BROTHER?

...RECENTLY ADMITTED

TO THEIR WARD:

SUFFERING FROM AMNESIA.

IF YOU KNOW THIS FACE,

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP.

THERES NO IDENTIFICATION

ON HIM WHATSOEVER

AND CAN ONLY RECALL THE

FACT THAT HE LIVES ALONE

WITH HIS MOTHER.

ITS CRUCIAL THA THE HOSPITAL CONTACT HER.

THE HOSPITAL KNOWS THA THEY LIVE IN A HOUSE

OR A CABIN:

NEAR A HIGHWAY.

THEY DONT KNOW THE NUMBER

OF THE HIGHWAY...

WHATS THE MATTER,

MAMAS BOY?

IF YOU KNOW THIS MAN...

OH, CHANGE IT. THE MAN

DONT WANT TO SEE THAT.

DO IT.

NO!

GIVE IT HERE.

ITS MINE.

GIVE IT TO ME!

GET YOUR HANDS:

OFF IT!

STOP IT!

IF YOU KNOW THIS MAN

OR HIS MOTHER,

IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY HIM

OR HIS MOTHERS WHEREABOUTS,

IF YOU HAVE ANY:

INFORMATION WHATSOEVER,

CALL OUR HOTLINE NUMBER...

YOU CANT CHANGE IT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY:

INFORMATION WHATSOEVER,

CALL OUR HOTLINE NUMBER,

WHO WILL PUT YOU

IN TOUCH WITH THE HOSPITAL.

YOU CANT CHANGE IT.

IF YOU HAVE:

ANY INFORMATION--

IF YOU HAVE ANY:

INFORMATION, INFORMATION,

INFORMATION. INFORMATION...

DO IT!

SHUT UP!

COME ON! SAVE ME!

INFORMATION. INFORMATION...

PHONY.

MAMAS BOY.

PHONY.

MAMAS BOY!

PHONY!

PHONY.

PHONY!

HEY!

YOU!

WHAT THE HELLS:

HAPPENING:

WITH THE LIGHTS?

ARE THEY OUT,

THATS WHAT I MEAN.

YEAH,

OK. SOON AS YOU CAN.

JOHN DOE,

WHAT YOU DOING HERE?

RON.

RON.

JOHN DOE?

WHATS GOING ON HERE?

I DONT KNOW,

DR. ERSKINE.

OK.

ILL TAKE HIM BACK.

COME ON, JOHN.

HE DIDNT HAVE:

A HEAD.

I SWEAR TO GOD.

HE HAD NO HEAD!

ITS ALL RIGHT.

ITS NOT YOUR FAULT.

ILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

YOU TAKE JOHN DOE

BACK TO HIS WARD. OK?

RON, CALL DR. WARREN

AND TELL HER:

TO GET THE OPERATING

ROOM READY IMMEDIATELY.

YES, SIR.

AND LETS GE A STRETCHER HERE, OK?

RIGHT.

HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN

IN DREAMLESS SLEEP?

ABOUT 16 HOURS.

YOU CANT JUST KEEP

FEEDING HIM BARBITURATES.

HE WILL GO INTO A COMA.

PRECISELY.

BUT THE LONGER:

WE KEEP HIM UNDER,

THE MORE LIKELY:

HE IS TO HALLUCINATE

WHEN HE WAKES UP.

WELL, WHAT OPTIONS

DO YOU HAVE?

WE GO IN:

WITH MICROELECTRODES.

WE STIMULATE HIS LIMBIC

SYSTEM POINT BY POINT.

AND HES AWAKE:

THE WHOLE TIME?

FROM BEGINNING:

TO END.

THEN YOURE FLYING BLIND.

YOULL HAVE TO KNOCK OU HIS WHOLE LIMBIC SYSTEM.

NO.

IF YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM

FROM DREAMING, YOU MOS CERTAINLY WILL.

I MEAN, IF THATS

WHAT YOURE AFTER.

EVERY TIME:

HE HALLUCINATES,

WE ABLATE THAT AREA.

IN EFFECT,

FOR THE FIRST TIME,

WELL BE IDENTIFYING

THE REGIONS OF THE BRAIN

RESPONSIBLE:

FOR TELEPATHY.

HOW ABOUT THE:

KLEPTOMANIACS?

SORRY?

HOW DID YOU CURE

THE KLEPTOMANIACS,

DID YOU CHOP OFF

THEIR HANDS?

NO. JUST THEIR FINGERS.

DOCTOR DENMAN,

WERE GETTING:

SOME BETA.

THIS BOY HASNT RAPED

OR MURDERED ANYBODY.

HE TRIED:

TO MURDER YOU.

HE NEARLY KILLED

THE MESSIAH.

HES TOTALLY:

WITHOUT CONTROL.

THEN BY ALL MEANS,

LETS CONTROL HIM.

DR. FARMER,

I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL

ABOUT THIS PATIENT.

WHAT ABOU HIS FEELINGS?

OR WERENT YOU:

GOING TO ASK HIM?

NO. I WAS GOING TO

LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU.

DR. DENMAN!

ALL RIGHT. INSIDE.

NURSE, COME WITH US.

TELL HER:

TO LEAVE ME ALONE!

TELL HER TO QUIT IT!

LEAVE ME ALONE!

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

HOW DID YOU:

GET IN HERE?

WHY COULDNT YOU:

LET ME HAVE HIM?

BECAUSE YOU TRIED

TO KILL HIM,

DIDNT YOU?

I ONLY WANTED TO HELP.

THATS ALL I EVER WANTED.

WELL, YOU ARE

GOING TO HELP.

YOU WANTED HIM DEAD?

NOW YOURE GOING:

TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

WHAT IS IT?

WHATS GOING ON?

SHERIFF PROUTY,

THIS IS DR. FARMER.

SHES BEEN WORKING

WITH THE BOY.

YOU BEEN:

TRYING TO LOCATE

HIS MOTHER?

YES.

WHAT HAPPENED?

THEY FOUND HER.

WHERE?

IN A CABIN BY:

POTTERS POND,

ABOUT FOUR MILES

NORTH OF HERE.

THATS IMPOSSIBLE.

I JUST SAW HER--

I JUST TALKED TO HER

IN MY--IN MY OFFICE.

I DONT KNOW WHO:

YOUVE BEEN TALKING TO,

BUT IT CANT BE:

HIS MOTHER.

DR. FARMER,

SHES DEAD.

SOME HIKERS FOUND HER.

THE GAS WAS:

STILL ON IN THE CABIN.

THE WINDOWS WERE SEALED,

THE OUTLETS TAPED,

THE VENTS:

STUFFED WITH TOWELS.

WE KNEW:

IT WASNT A SUICIDE.

THERE WERE TWO SETS

OF PRINTS IN THE CABIN

AND THE ONES ON THE

GAS VALVE WERENT HERS.

THEN WE SAW:

YOUR REPORT ON TV

ABOUT A RUNAWAY BOY.

THATS WHY:

HE ESCAPED.

HE KILLED HER.

NO. SHE TOLD HIM

TO TURN ON THE GAS.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

BECAUSE I KNOW.

BECAUSE I TALKED TO HER.

YOU COULDNT HAVE

TALKED TO HER.

SHES BEEN DEAD:

AT LEAST FIVE DAYS.

SHE WAS DEAD:

WHEN HE GOT HERE!

WHEN DOES:

HE GO INTO SURGERY?

HES IN THERE NOW.

IM GOING TO HAVE

TO POST A MAN.

OK, SURE.

ILL TAKE YOU.

IS THIS THE WOMAN

WHOSE BODY YOU FOUND?

UH-HUH.

START BRINGING HIM UP.

ITS BEDTIME,

COME ON.

NO.

TAKE HIM DOWN:

SLOWLY.

OK?

YEAH.

OK.

MAMA!

GET OUT OF HERE! QUICK!

GET OUT OF THERE!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

GET HIM OUT OF THERE!

!

HURRY, HURRY!

ITS GOING TO BLOW!

ITS GOING TO BLOW!

WHERE IS HE?

STOP!

NO!

GET OUT OF THERE!

SHES DEAD!

GIVE ME YOUR KEY!

NO!

SHES DEAD!

NO! NO, TAKE ME

WITH YOU! PLEASE!

NO! WAIT!

MAYBE I OUGH TO LEAVE NOW.

WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?

WHAT?

I SAID,"WHERE ARE YOU

GOING TO GO?"

THATS NO WHAT YOU SAID!

YES, IT IS.

COME TO ME.

PUT THE CANDLE DOWN.

IM SORRY.

I CANT HELP IT.

I KNOW. POOR BABY.

COME ON, LIE DOWN.

THATS BETTER.

CLOSE YOUR EYES.

THERE YOU GO.

SHH.

NOW I LAY ME:

DOWN TO SLEEP.

I PRAY THE LORD:

MY SOUL TO KEEP.

IF I SHOULD DIE:

BEFORE I WAKE...

I PRAY THE LORD:

MY SOUL TO TAKE.

THATS A GOOD BOY.

WHERE DO YOU THINK

YOURE GOING?

YOURE TRYING TO RUN AWAY

FROM ME AGAIN.

SHES NOT REAL.

SHES DEAD.

SWEET JESUS,

WHEN ARE YOU EVER

GOING TO LEARN?

THERES NO PLACE:

FOR YOU OUT THERE.

GO BACK TO SLEEP.

DIE.

NO!

I FELL ASLEEP.

WHEN I WOKE UP,

I COULD SMELL THE GAS.

SHE WAS DEAD.

I MADE IT OU OF THE HOUSE

AND HEADED DOWN:

THE HIGHWAY.

I MUST HAVE PASSED OU BY THE LAKE.

WHEN I CAME TO,

I COULDN REMEMBER ANYTHING,

EXCEPT I WANTED:

TO DIE:

CAUSE SHE WANTED

ME DEAD.

AT THE SAME TIME,

I WANTED HELP.

AND I WAS--

AND I WAS AFRAID,

SO AS LONG AS:

I COULD BLOT IT OUT,

AS LONG AS I DIDN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED,

I DIDNT HAVE:

TO FACE THE TRUTH.

SHE COULDNT HELP IT.

I HATE WHA SHE TRIED TO DO TO ME,

BUT SHE COULDN'T HELP IT.

SO HIS AMNESIA IS

COMPLETELY GONE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

WHAT YOU:

GOING TO DO?

WHATS IT MATTER?

HES GETTING OUT, ISNT HE?

SO LONG, BROTHER.

SEE YOU WHEN:

WEVE WON THE WAR.

COME ON, COME ON.

YOU, UH, YOU LOOK

AFTER YOURSELF NOW, OK?

GOOD-BYE.

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