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Derren Brown: Sacrifice

What you'll see nextmight look like magic, but it's the result of overwhelming...

What you'll see next
might look like magic, but it's the result of overwhelming his
expectation of pain with the by now fully embedded belief
that his hand is numb

Full Transcript

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What you'll see next might look like magic,
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but it's the result of overwhelming his expectation of pain
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with the by now fully embedded belief that his hand is numb.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:26
Uploaded
Jun 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger
OK. I'm gonna pinch the skin here and here on that hand. - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:05
OK. I'm gonna pinch the skin here and here on that hand...
Don’t push the needle through yet, but just hold it near, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:07
Don’t push the needle through yet, but just hold it near,
Very strange, no pain, no tenderness, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:06
Very strange, no pain, no tenderness,
And as you look at the back of the hand, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:09
And as you look at the back of the hand,
And this was the crazy part, this is why tonight has just been absolutely insane. - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:05
And this was the crazy part, this is why tonight has just be...
He says, "I want you to remember the feeling of when you had the anesthetic - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:08
He says, "I want you to remember the feeling of when yo...
Said "I want you to imagine that with your hand." - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:14
Said "I want you to imagine that with your hand."
Any of it. Erm... so - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:07
Any of it. Erm... so
Just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings, so goodnight. - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:04
Just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings, so goodnight...
That was a really important discovery for Phil, he's experienced - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:12
That was a really important discovery for Phil, he's ex...
Now, though, I need to see - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:17
Now, though, I need to see
Some of the fears I have are kind of- some of them are irrational... - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:04
Some of the fears I have are kind of- some of them are irrat...
Heights, deep water freaks me out, I don’t go in the ocean, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:06
Heights, deep water freaks me out, I don’t go in the ocean,...
I've brought Phil to a disused quarry, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:09
I've brought Phil to a disused quarry,
Will the triggers be enough to make Phil jump? - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:05
Will the triggers be enough to make Phil jump?
I know you really don't like heights, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:06
I know you really don't like heights,
Okay. Well I'm just gonna show you something - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:05
Okay. Well I'm just gonna show you something
We’ll take all the time we need. Just turn and face that way, oh, - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:06
We’ll take all the time we need. Just turn and face that way...
So, if I asked you to walk as far as you could, how far would that be? - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:06
So, if I asked you to walk as far as you could, how far woul...
Cool, come back. So it's just past the edge of the grass. - Derren Brown: Sacrifice 00:04
Cool, come back. So it's just past the edge of the gras...