1956
- Horror
- Science Fiction
The Black Sleep
The terror drug that wakes the dead!
Runtime
1h 22m
Countries
- US
- United States
Languages
- en
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...
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StatusReleased
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Release dateJune 15, 1956
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Original LanguageEnglish
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Budget$ 225,000
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Production Companies
- Bel-Air Productions
- United Artists