I went to see “The Lazarus Effect”, by David Gelb, expecting
a B-movie horror romp but hoping to some more theories about the
afterlife. I guess I found what I was
looking for.
Mark Duplass (“The Puffy Chair”) plays a scientist at a
Berkeley laboratory (with a fictitious name), experimenting with NDE. They have a theory that at death, the pineal
gland releases hormones that gives the brain unusual powers to help it enter
the afterlife. The experiment gets
interesting results with a dog, and but soon corporate espionage gets the
project shut down. But the team
continues surreptitiously. Soon, an accident leads to the electrocution of Zoe
(Olivia Wilde) in whom Frank has a romantic interest. Perhaps this gets into “Bride of Frankenstein”
territory. Frank and his team
(especially young brilliant sidekick Clay (Evan Peters) who violated the
smoking rules) bring her back to life, sort of.
She conveys that at death, she was forced to relieve the worst moment of
her life, when she lost her sister in a house fire. It was like “hell”. So she goes back into space-time to save her
sister’s afterlife. In the course, she displays telekinesis and pretty much
wipes the staff. But, no fear, she can
bring them back. The life cycle continues.
All of this is pretty stereotyped stuff. The official site from Relativity is here “I am Rogue” took over domestic distribution
from Lionsgate. I guess this is a film “to die for.” I saw it before a fair
audience Wednesday night at Regal Potomac Yard.
Picture: a curious fire on I-10 near Ontario, CA, my trip in 2012.
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