The Lazarus Effect
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, 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.
Why it matters
The Lazarus Effect delivers a sleek, clinical resurrection horror that taps into Frankensteinian themes with a modern biotech twist.
- Olivia Wilde’s chilling turn as a revived scientist blends vulnerability with creeping menace.
- Practical and digital effects combine to visualize the eerie afterlife transformation with unsettling clarity.
- A cautionary tale about playing god, wrapped in the familiar jump-scare rhythms of mid-2010s genre fare.
- Best for fans of science-based horror who don’t mind some narrative unevenness in exchange for a taut atmosphere.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
57
Supernatural
80
Creature
36
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
Paranormal
