Where to Watch The Black Sleep (1956)

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Where to watch The Black Sleep

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Cultpix, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Amazon Channel ; watch free on Hoopla, Fawesome, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Cultpix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• India: stream on Cultpix
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Cultpix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Cultpix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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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...

• Released: 1956-06-15
• Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 22m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 45 votes

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