The Mesmerist

2002 • 87 minutes

About this movie

Based on the Edgar Allen Poe short story, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," this twisted black comedy revolves around a doctor who convinces a dying man's family to allow him to put the man in a trance as he takes his final breaths. As the man descends in to the afterworld, he slowly discovers the answer to the ultimate question of mankind.