The Stanford Prison Experiment
“They were given 2 weeks. It lasted 6 days.”
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In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
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This film is a chilling, slow-burn descent into the darkest corners of human behavior. It feels unsettling and claustrophobic, a tense psychological examination of power and conformity. The atmosphere is thick with dread, forcing a disturbing reflection on morality and the fragility of identity under extreme circumstances.
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