‘Evil will rise’
The Lazarus Effect is a 2015 American horror film directed by David Gelb from a screenplay by Luke Dawson (Shutter) and Jeremy Slater (The Fantastic Four). It was previously titled Lazarus and is the latest from Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, the company behind hits Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious, Sinister, and their sequels.
The film stars Evan Peters (American Horror Story), Olivia Wilde, Sarah Bolger, Mark Duplass and Donald Glover. It is scheduled to be released on February 27, 2015, by Relativity Media.
Plot teaser:
A team of ambitious medical professionals have found a way to bring dead patients back to life using a serum codenamed “Lazarus”. After several successful tests are done on animals, Zoe (Olivia Wilde), one of the lead researchers, dies in a lab accident.
In desperation, the team uses “Lazarus” to bring her back and they are successful. But as she begins to display unusual abilities the team begins to realise that in their attempt to resurrect the dead, they may have opened the door to unfathomable evil…
