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The Lazarus Effect is a horror film directed by David Gleb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi). It stars Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Donald Glover, Evan Peters, and Sarah Bolger.
THE LAZARUS EFFECT follows a group of researchers led by Frank (Mark Duplass) and his fiancée Zoe (Olivia Wilde), who’ve achieved the unimaginable– bringing the dead back to life. After a successful, yet unsanctioned, trial on a newly deceased animal, the team is ready to unveil their breakthrough to the world. When the dean of their university learns of their underground experiments, their project is unexpectedly shut down and their materials confiscated. Frank, Zoe and their team (Donald Glover, Sarah Bolger and Evan Peters) take matters into their own hands, launching a rogue attempt to recreate their experiment, during which things go terribly wrong and one of their own, Zoe, is horrifically killed. Fueled by terror and grief, Frank pushes them to do the unthinkable: attempt to resurrect their first human test subject.
The Lazarus effect is a real phenomenon with many documented cases of it happening to both humans and animals. One example involves a dog who euthanized not once, but twice, and found alive and well in his kennel each morning after. The determined dog was adopted afterwards and named, fittingly, Lazarus.
The Lazarus Effect is rated 14A.
