The Black Sleep
The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!
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The Black Sleep
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...
Orignal Language
en
Duration
1 hr 22 min
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction
Status
Released
Release Data
1956-06-15
Produced By
Bel-Air Productions, United Artists