Awoken is a 2019 Australian horror film that was directed by Daniel J. Phillips, who co-wrote the script with Alan Grace.

The film stars Sara West as a young medical student trying to save her insomnia plagued brother from sinister forces.

Karla is a med student whose brother Blake developed a rare disorder, Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), after witnessing their parents die in a murder-suicide.

Not wanting to lose her brother, Karla readily agrees when her instructor Robert proposes that they try to save Blake using a secret and highly illegal sleep lab that he has been holding in an unused and forgotten basement of the medical campus.

Once there they are introduced to the two other participants Chris and Angela, who also suffer from insomnia due to their own ailments, severe sleep apnea and night terrors, respectively.

While searching for potential cures Karla and her friend Alice discover a hidden room, where they find a video camera, VHS tapes, and a journal.

[1] Sara West was brought on to portray the lead character Karla and Erik Thomson was announced as one of her co-stars.

[2][1] Surgeons of Horror said "Some of the effects are a bit tried and tested, falling into the fairly predictable terrain, but Director Daniel J. Phillips has carefully positioned the audience into a false sense of security and then dialling up the entertainment level, whilst spinning a strong thriller that poses all the right questions towards a highly amped ending.

"[6] Horror Society rated Awoken at 2.5/5, as they felt that the "story for this one is very interesting and has a lot of promise but it’s very predictable and the ending is very drab.