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{{Infobox film
| name           = Patient X
| image          = Patient X.jpg
| alt            = <!-- see WP:ALT -->
| caption        = Official teaser poster
| director       = [[Yam Laranas]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Yam Laranas
* Jose Mari Abacan
* Vincent Del Rosario
* Veronique Del Rosario
}}
| screenplay     = {{ubl|Yam Laranas|[[Aloy Adlawan]]}}
| story          = Yam Laranas
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Richard Gutierrez]]|[[Cristine Reyes]]}}
| music          = Nani Naguit
| cinematography = Yam Laranas
| editing        = Chuck Gutierrez
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[GMA Films]]
* [[Viva Films]]
* [[Richard Gutierrez|RGUTZ Productions]]
}}
| distributor    = Viva Films
| released       = {{Film date|2009|10|28}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = Philippines
| language       = {{ubl|Filipino|English}}
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{Philippine Peso|24,491,067.00}}
}}

'''''Patient X''''' is a 2009 Filipino [[horror film]] written and directed by Filipino director [[Yam Laranas]]. The film stars [[Richard Gutierrez]] and [[Cristine Reyes]].<ref name="fba-review">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/patient-x|title=Patient X|author=Elley, Derek|accessdate=September 15, 2010|work=Film Business Asia|date=July 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="fba-sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/eleven-arts-to-care-for-patient-x|title=Eleven Arts to Care for Patient X|author=Frater, Patrick|accessdate=September 15, 2010|work=Film Business Asia|date=February 15, 2010}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
After twenty years, local police capture the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are [[Aswangs]] (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.

==Cast==
===Main cast===
*[[Richard Gutierrez]] as Dr. Lukas Esguerra
*[[Cristine Reyes]] as Guada

===Supporting cast===
*[[TJ Trinidad]] as Alfred
*[[Miriam Quiambao]] as Nurse Betty 
*Nanding Josef as Dr. Jack
*Elvis Guiterrez as Marcus
*[[Dion Ignacio]] as Samuel
*[[Barbie Forteza]] as Sonia 
*[[Paulo Avelino]] as Robert
*Rocky Gutierrez as Mateo
*Crispin Pineda as Minoy
*[[Junyka Santarin]] as Mia
*[[Jake Vargas]] as James
*[[Che Ramos]] as Melinda
*Miggy Jimenez as young Lukas

==Release==
[[Eleven Arts]] has bought the rights for the international sales duties for ''Patient X'' from both [[GMA Films]] and [[Viva Films]].<ref name="fba-sales" /> The film was released in the Philippines on October 28, 2009.<ref name="fba-review" />

===Reception===
Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a rating of three out of 10 stating that "The film desperately needed a professional action director, and a proper horror score, to give it some pace."<ref name="fba-review" />
The final gross of the movie is {{Philippine Peso|24,491,067.00}} according to [[Box Office Mojo]].

==See also==
*[[List of ghost films]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=1482216|title=Patient X}}

{{Yam Laranas}}

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[[Category:GMA Pictures films]]
[[Category:Viva Films films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:2009 horror films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 2010s]]
[[Category:Philippine horror films]]
[[Category:2000s Tagalog-language films]]
[[Category:2009 Philippine films]]
[[Category:Vampire films]]
[[Category:2009 English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Yam Laranas]]
[[Category:English-language horror films]]


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