Director: David Gelb
Writers: Luke Dawson, Jeremy Slater
Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
THE LAZARUS EFFECT follows a group of researchers led by Frank and his
fiancé Zoe 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 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.
Initially, the procedure appears a success, but the team soon realizes
something is wrong with Zoe. As her strange new persona reveals itself,
the team quickly becomes stuck in a gruesome reality. They are no longer
faced with the question ... Written by
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As someone that has seen lot of REALLY bad horror films, I can safely say that The Lazarus Effect isn't all that bad. It's got a pretty decent cast in Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde, but it's a cheap horror film. You get the predictable jump-scares, you get the dialed in dialogue, what else did you expect?
You don't go to see horror films because they're particularly well written or original. This movie is literally just a hodgepodge of movies like: Carrie, Lucy (the whole 10% of your brain thing), The Phoenix Project, Pet Semetary, Flatliners, etc.
I actually somewhat enjoyed this, but you realistically need to set your expectations 6 feet under. Maybe this film will find a way to resurrect some of your faith in the horror genre that way. It sure as hell isn't going to resurrect the $10 bucks you spent on the ticket at the theater.
Additionally, what ever happened to the novelty of watching a film before reviewing it?
Read the full review and others like it on the Drive-in Zeppelin website
Movie Reviews
First of all, you'll probably get more entertainment out of these user reviews than you will by seeing the actual movie. To clarify...aren't all possession movies inherently pro-Christian since the inclusion of demons and hell implies that there is are angels and heaven (since Lucifer was cast out of heaven and became the devil)?As someone that has seen lot of REALLY bad horror films, I can safely say that The Lazarus Effect isn't all that bad. It's got a pretty decent cast in Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde, but it's a cheap horror film. You get the predictable jump-scares, you get the dialed in dialogue, what else did you expect?
You don't go to see horror films because they're particularly well written or original. This movie is literally just a hodgepodge of movies like: Carrie, Lucy (the whole 10% of your brain thing), The Phoenix Project, Pet Semetary, Flatliners, etc.
I actually somewhat enjoyed this, but you realistically need to set your expectations 6 feet under. Maybe this film will find a way to resurrect some of your faith in the horror genre that way. It sure as hell isn't going to resurrect the $10 bucks you spent on the ticket at the theater.
Additionally, what ever happened to the novelty of watching a film before reviewing it?
Read the full review and others like it on the Drive-in Zeppelin website
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