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The Black Sleep (1956)

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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John N 18 Jun 2011

Very odd horror movie that features Lon Chaney, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi AND Tor Johnson! Oh, and Akim Tamaraoff.. who? Anyways, Tamaroff plays a doctor, unjustly accused of murder who is saved from the noose from Rathbone, Rathbone knows Tamaroff is a briliant surgeon, and wants him to join him to get into some explarotory brain surgery Rathbone is doing! Anyways, Rathbone is of course, loony, and Karloff and Lugosi (AND Johnson) are all in the movie playing mute subjects! Poor guys. I felt sorry for them having to do this kind of role. The movie itself is sort of silly, and Tamaroff mustve thought he hit the big time playing with these legends! It's Rathbone that shines the brightest here though. I could listen to a non-stop tape of Rathbone for hours.

Josh H 30 Oct 2009

This is a nice forgotten gem of a film full of cameos by some of horror's all time greats. Basil Rathbone is his normal over the top self, which means he is brillant in the role of Cadmund the mad scientist who will do anything to bring his wife back including experimenting on a whos who of horror greats! lol His experiments include a hulking mondo played by Lon Chaney Jr., a mute butler type character played by Bela Lugosi, a big fat blind money lender aka Tor Johnson and of course the great John Carradine hamming it up with abandon playing a crusading type who just wants to judge and Kill Kill Kill. The movie wastes the talents of the greats but they were in their decline for the most part at this time in their careers and its just nice to see them all together. All in all this movie does work with some great camera work to go along with the great cast, and plus you can watch it free right here on flixster so no loss lol.

Aj V 14 Nov 2010

I've seen this story in other movies, better movies. Even though the movie has a good cast, it's not too exciting. Overall it's just okay.

Matt Brunson 26 Mar 2016

The Black Sleep isn't nearly as bad as its reputation, but a higher budget and a more accomplished director than Reginald LeBorg might have yielded a more respectable horror yarn.

Larry Y 31 Oct 2011

The Black Sleep crams in Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Tor Johnson but this is really Herbert Rudley's picture. Wrongfully accused of murder, Rudley survives execution thanks to mad doctor Rathbone's Black Sleep formula. Recruited into body snatching and barbaric surgery, Rudley must choose between evil science and Patricia Blake's raven locks. Solid 50s horror with some killer climactic makeup effects, and it's definitely a treat to see all those icons on one screen but the viewer is obviously left craving more. VF.