The Paralytic

The Paralytic

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Science Fiction

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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Production Companies

Scatena & Rosner Films

AJAMAX Productions

Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Carpenter

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Acting

Poppy Drayton

Charlotte

Poppy Drayton

Acting

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Isla

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Acting

Oliver Trevena

Agent Hall

Oliver Trevena

Acting

Edmund Kingsley

Kane

Edmund Kingsley

Acting

Henning Baum

Johan Nomski

Henning Baum

Acting

Jazz Lintott

PC Wayne Johnson

Jazz Lintott

Acting

John Booker

PC Harry Johnson

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