A group of graduate students conduct a sleep deprivation study in the 80s, but something goes terribly wrong with a test subject. After their department is shut down, the team moves forward in secret - only this time on themselves.

It's 1986 and a group of grad students is close to discovering what happens to the human brain after a person stays awake for 200 hours, but something goes terribly wrong with a test subject. After their department is shut down, the team moves forward in secret--only this time on themselves.