The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
1,571 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeremy SlaterScreenplay
- David GelbDirector
- Luke DawsonScreenplay
- Sarah SchachnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mark DuplassFrank Walton
- Olivia WildeZoe McConnell
- Donald GloverNiko
- Evan PetersClay
- Sarah BolgerEva
- Amy AquinoPresident Dalley
- Ray WiseMr. Wallace
- Sean T. KrishnanLawyer
- Bruno GunnFireman
- Ator TamrasBurned Figure
- Emily KelavosLittle Girl
- James EarlSecurity Guard Terrence
Stills
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Themes
experimentafterlifeparanormaldeathevilresearcherpossesion