《病者》是一部表现性受虐狂的文化记录片，但是迪克通过电影视图的表述拒绝把价值判断强加在性的偏执上，仅从这样一种艺术思维的视角来看，迪克不是一位落俗套(stereotype)的导演，他的导演意识是相当开放的，他没有就角色进行高下主次的等级划分。

In a world where reality and make-believe often collide, a late night horror host is flung headlong into the very film he is presenting. Now, he must bring the events in the film to their logical conclusion, or be trapped forever in celluloid. Unfortunately, this film never had a logical conclusion.