Ahead of its arrival this November, a trailer, poster and images have been released for writer-director John Farrelly’s psychological thriller The Sleep Experiment.
Starring Rob James Capel, Will Murphy, Tom Kerrisk, Barry John Kinsella and Will Murphy, the film follows two detectives and they begin an investigation into a military experiment which seen five test subjects locked inside a sealed gas chamber and forced to stay awake for 30 days.
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.
The Sleep Experiment is set for release on November 1st.
