Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Sarah Bolger, Evan Peters, Donald Glover, Ray Wise, Scott Sheldon, Emily Kelavos | Written by Luke Dawson, Jeremy Slater | Directed by David Gelb
This fear-filled Flatliners, for that’s essentially what The Lazarus Effect is – a horror take on Joel Schumacher’s classic “scientists play god” movie – ups the ante on Schumacher’s film, showing exactly what can happen when science messes with the forces of nature and in particular life and death…
The narrative debut of documentary director David Gelb, The Lazarus Effect follows a team of researchers who believe they’ve discovered a serum that could resurrect the recently deceased. But before they’re able to reveal their breakthrough to the scientific community, they get shut down accused of playing God. So they go rogue, attempting to recreate their experiment after hours, but when one of their number dies after accidentally being electrocuted, all hell breaks loose.
This fear-filled Flatliners, for that’s essentially what The Lazarus Effect is – a horror take on Joel Schumacher’s classic “scientists play god” movie – ups the ante on Schumacher’s film, showing exactly what can happen when science messes with the forces of nature and in particular life and death…
The narrative debut of documentary director David Gelb, The Lazarus Effect follows a team of researchers who believe they’ve discovered a serum that could resurrect the recently deceased. But before they’re able to reveal their breakthrough to the scientific community, they get shut down accused of playing God. So they go rogue, attempting to recreate their experiment after hours, but when one of their number dies after accidentally being electrocuted, all hell breaks loose.
- 8/6/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Here's a new international trailer for the upcoming medical-students-play-with-the-dead film "The Lazarus Effect". Directed by David Gelb, the movie stars Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Sarah Bolger, Evan Peters, Donald Glover, {Scott Sheldon}}, Emily Kelavos and James Earl, "The Lazarus Effect", written by Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater, hits theaters on February 27.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...
- 3/3/2015
- www.ohmygore.com/
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