Coma

coma
release date (Theaters) January 6 1978
studio MGM
director Michael Crichton
writer Michael Crichton, Robin Cook
starring Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Rip Torn
rating
PG
tagline Imagine your life hangs by a thread. Imagine your body hangs by a wire. Imagine you're not imagining.
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Synopsis

Something eerie is going on at Boston Memorial. Patients with minor problems are slipping into irreversible comas, and a doctor is targeted when she suspects her colleagues of foul play.

Official Review

The idea of a medically induced coma is not that terrifying. Sometimes patients are so ill that their bodies need a deep rest to heal. The miniseries, Coma, based on the 1977 novel by Robin Cook and the 1978 movie of the same name, uses the idea of comas and pushes them into the horror realm. What if patients, during routine operations, were forced into comas so that they could be used for medical experimentation? …Read More

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Official Score: 2.5 / 5