Thumbs-Down Watch - THE LAZARUS EFFECT [2015, US - English]
- With a rather familiar group of cast including Olivia Wilde (Cowboys & Aliens), Evan Peters (FX series American Horror Story) and Donald Glover (NBC series Community), The Lazarus Effect is the latest flick by Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions; which is known for low-budget horror films like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge and Quija . Directed by David Gelb, the film tells the story of a team of scientists who developed a serum that brings the dead back to life; and during their tests they discovered that their reanimated subjects are possessed by demons
- Imagine Flatliners, Pet Sematary and Frankenstein, all cooked up in a lower grade concoction; The Lazarus Effect offers nothing new. With the main scenes revolving around the basement lab and the hallway of a burning apartment building, the film suffers from cliché-riddled scare-scenes, unimaginative screenplay and questionable plots. Thank goodness for Wilde's convincing act and such a suitable cast to give that ominous presence, however plagued by the chemistry with her one-facial-expression-all-the-way co-star Mark Duplass and predictable Carrie-like stunts like telekinesis and telepathy, walking around the lab throwing people around and occasionally dilating her pupils for no reason
- "If hell, as the movie says, is the worst memory of your life on an infinite loop, I'd better clean up my act or I'll be watching The Lazarus Effect for all eternity" - Pete Vonder Haar
RATING : D
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