The Paralytic

The Paralytic

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Director:Brian Klemesrud
Actors:Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Poppy Drayton, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Oliver Trevena, Edmund Kingsley
Production:Scatena & Rosner Films, AJAMAX Productions, Getaway Plane, Studio 45

Overview:

A neuroscientist tortured by sleep paralysis goes to extreme lengths to test his controversial device that could either reverse paralysis or kill the patient.

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