Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
Keywords:
Experiment
Psychology
Based on true story
Obedience
Movie tag line: "A world of evil so terrifying no one dares penetrate its secret. Until now!"
Character: Prof. Stephen Turner
Character: Barbara
Character: Reed
Character: Mrs. Schnagel
Character: Crossland