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Actors: Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Black Sleep |
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Gordon, a doctor, is falsely convicted of killing a man and is sentenced to be hung. The day before he hangs he's visited by Joel, a mad scientist who gives him a drug called the black sleep that puts him in such a deep sleep that he appears dead.
The prison doctor proclaims Gordon dead and he's buried. He's dug up by Joel and Odo, a gypsy.
For saving his life, Joel expects Gordon to join him at his mansion and help him with his work.
Gordon learns that Joel has been using the black sleep to drug people in order to operate on their brains in hopes of learning how to cure his comatose wife's brain tumor.
However, the surgeries are damaging the people and disabling them, forcing Joel to keep them in a dungeon.
With the help of Patricia, a nurse, Gordon tries to help the people, but Joel stops them.
The people break free and while trying to escape they kill Joel and his wife.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- madman who likes to slice
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- Eastern European
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 19th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie
- fearful
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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