The Lazarus Effect

The Lazarus Effect

Theatrical - Wide 2015-01-29

Cast Mark Duplass Olivia Wilde Donald Glover Evan Peters Sarah Bolger
Directed by David Gelb
Written by Luke Dawson Jeremy Slater

Box Office Gross: $64,110,728

Running Time: 83 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Lionsgate, Blumhouse Productions, Chapter One Films, Relativity Media

Genres: Horror Thriller

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Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However,... See more when their dean learns what they’ve done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived — but something evil is within her.

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