The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep (1956)

The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!

  • Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release Date: 1956-06-15
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 39 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Bel-Air Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
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Summary

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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    Production Howard W. Koch Producer
    Costume & Make-Up Ted Coodley Makeup Artist
    Production Aubrey Schenck Executive Producer
    Costume & Make-Up George Bau Makeup Designer
    Writing John C. Higgins Screenplay
    Writing Gerald Drayson Adams Story
    Sound Les Baxter Original Music Composer
    Directing Reginald Le Borg Director
    Visual Effects Jack Rabin Visual Effects
    Visual Effects Louis DeWitt Visual Effects
    Camera Gordon Avil Director of Photography
    Editing John F. Schreyer Editor
    Art Clarence Steensen Set Decoration
    Costume & Make-Up Cherie Banks Hairstylist