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The Black Sleep (1956)

1956 · Reginald Le Borg · 82 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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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...

A 1956 title built around Experiment, Hospital and Sci-fi. Directed by Reginald Le Borg.

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Spanish: El sueño oscuro
French: Les Monstres Se Révoltent
German: Die Schreckenskammer des Dr. Thosti
Italian: Il sonno nero del dottor Satana
Portuguese: A Torre dos Monstros
Chinese: 死亡黑眠

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