By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Michael Crichton
Starring: Elizabeth Ashley | Geneviève Bujold | Hari Rhodes | Lois Chiles | Michael Douglas | Richard Widmark | Rip Torn
Country: united_states
Year: 1978
Running time: 113
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077355/reference
Michael says: “Released in 1978, COMA came from an era before thrillers had to be action movies. Set in Boston, a young resident, Dr. Susan Wheeler begins to suspect something strange is going on when a good friend lapses into a coma after undergoing a simple medical procedure. No one seems concerned, and try to pass Wheeler’s concerns off as her emotional state… she is a woman, after all. Her persistence begins to bother the higher-ups, but with the somewhat unwilling help of her doctor boyfriend, Dr. Mark Bellows, her suspicion’s grow. After finding someone who wants to share some vital information, Dr. Wheeler finds herself being followed by a menacing figure, who she leaves on a merry chase throughout the teaching hospital, ending up in the morgue for one of the film’s most chilling scenes. The denouement does include her being rescued by Dr. Bellows, but only because of her careful work, and her last minute warning.