Kyle Patrick Alvarez's 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' Headed for Blu-ray

The acclaimed thriller will be available on Blu-ray in January.

In an early announcement to retailers, IFC Films is set to release 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' on Blu-ray on January 12.

What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, The Stanford Prison Experiment is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment.

Specs and supplements have yet to be revealed, but suggested list price for the Blu-ray is $24.98.

You can find the latest specs for 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under January 12.

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