The Black Sleep
"The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!"
Overview
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
About The Black Sleep (1956)
Released in 1956, The Black Sleep is a horror and science fiction film from Bel-Air Productions (United States of America). It was directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by John C. Higgins. The cast is led by Basil Rathbone, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Akim Tamiroff and Phyllis Stanley. With a runtime of 1h 22m, the film averages 6.2/10 across 45 TMDB ratings.
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