Awoken

Awoken (2019)

Never sleep again.

Karla, a young medical student, is trying to cure her brother, Blake, from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to treat him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed.

Date of release
2019-12-20
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (106)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Director
Daniel J. Phillips

Casting

Interesting facts

Awoken is a 2019 Australian horror film that was directed by Daniel J. Phillips, who co-wrote the script with Alan Grace. The film stars Sara West as a young medical student trying to save her insomnia plagued brother from sinister forces.

Development

Director Daniel J. Phillips drew inspiration for the film's premise from the creepypasta "The Russian Sleep Experiment", in which sleep deprivation features predominantly. Other influences on the film included The Exorcist and The Conjuring films. Grace was chosen as a co-writer due to his experience writing scripts set in claustrophobic, limited settings.

During the editing process Phillips and editor Sean Lahiff chose to restructure the lead in order to make it more clear that Karla was a student doctor, as they had previously introduced her as a doctor, causing confusion with viewers.

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