Is The Black Sleep easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Black Sleep end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Black Sleep scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Black Sleep violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Black Sleep sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Black Sleep

Name: The Black Sleep
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1956
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Akim Tamiroff, Phyllis Stanley

The Terror Drug That Wakes the Dead!

Directed by Reginald Le Borg

Produced by Bel-Air Productions, United Artists

195682 min6.2 / 10

A Gothic mad-scientist horror film that uses suspended animation and brain experimentation as a vehicle for exploring bodily horror and moral transgression in a decaying English abbey.

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...

Clusters

Conspiracy Thrillers Man-Made Monsters Claustrophobic Paranoid Thrillers Monster Movies About Trauma Prison Escape Movies

Genres

Horror Science Fiction

Keywords

Experiment England Mad Doctor Brain Surgeon Suspended Animation

Questions people ask

Is The Black Sleep easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does The Black Sleep end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Black Sleep scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Black Sleep violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is The Black Sleep sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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