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...

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Horror,

Science Fiction

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1956

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

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Company:

Bel-Air Productions,

United Artists

Cast:

Sir Joel Cadman

Dr. Gordon Ramsay

Laurie Munroe

Odo the Gypsy

Daphne

Crew:

Producer

Director

Screenplay

Original Music Composer

Executive Producer