Cinema of the Damned
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The Black Sleep
›NR1956 · Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Basil Rathbone, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair
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 Island of Dr. Moreau
›PG1977 · Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure · 99m · Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport
A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.
Subject Two
›2006 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 93m · Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton, Courtney Mace
A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again.
Like Dogs
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Annabel Barrett, Ignacyo Matynia, Ryan Q. Tran
A behavioral experiment treating humans like animals goes awry when a University Student manipulates the research with deadly results.
