The Sleep Experiment Will Be Conducted November 1
Red Water Entertainment has picked up the US rights to the Irish thriller The Sleep Experiment, and will begin distributing it November 1.
The film is about two detectives who discover evidence of a horrific experiment conducted during the Cold War, where five prisoners were locked in a chamber and delivered gas that would keep them awake. They were left in the chamber for an entire month to see what would happen.
The Sleep Experiment claims that it is “inspired by real events” but we’re skeptical whatever they’re talking about went EXACTLY this way. The facts are, it’s impossible to stay awake for an entire month. Your body will eventually self-induce sleep; you can’t resist it forever. It’s true that in this case the subjects are medically induced into staying awake, but that changes nothing — if anyone went without sleep for that long, they’d be dead before 30 days had passed.
The Sleep Experiment stars Rob James Capel, Will Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, and Barry John Kinsella. It was written and directed by John Farrelly, who was named Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2018 for his short subject Choice. You’ll be able to check out The Sleep Experiment starting November on most VOD platforms.
Two detectives begin an investigation on the ethics involved in the top-secret research facility, Porton Down. One experiment, in particular, stands out to them as the most horrific, The Sleep Experiment, a scientific experiment that took place during the Cold War. The experiment consisted of five prisoners, deemed Enemies of the State, being locked in a sealed gas chamber. An airborne stimulant was continually administered to keep the subjects awake for 30 consecutive days. The prisoners were falsely promised that they would be set free from the prison if they completed the experiment.
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