The Black Sleep (1956)Stream and Watch Online

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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Black Sleep' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Black Sleep' right now, here are some finer points about the Bel-Air Productions, United Artists science fiction flick.

Released June 15th, 1956, 'The Black Sleep' stars Basil Rathbone, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Akim Tamiroff The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a user score of 61 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 40 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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..."

'The Black Sleep' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on EPIX Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Cultpix, Pluto TV, fuboTV, Epix Roku Premium Channel, Hoopla, Amazon Video, and Tubi TV .