The Black SleepMovie
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
The Black Sleep is a 1956 horror, science fiction movie directed by Reginald Le Borg.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 22m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Basil Rathbone, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Akim Tamiroff. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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