There are some moments that are admittedly cool, however brief they are. I can't give this movie a lower score because it did have potential and I liked the cast. If they had actually built up tension instead of relying on stupid jump scares then maybe the imagery would have some effect. Sure there is some creepy imagery but it's stuff we've seen a million times. A good chunk of the movie is straight up 'Event Horizon' in a laboratory with some 'The Shining' and 'Lucy' sprinkled here and there. It also borrows a lot of elements from other horror movies. The movie is barely 80 minutes long and it still has dull moments. Aside from the two leads, Evan Peters was the only character I cared about because he was the comic relief but he just isn't given enough to work with. The acting in this movie is fine for what it is. It's just like one second I'm like, 'hm, this could actually go somewhere' and then two seconds later a freaky face pops on screen and it's like ugh, why bother. But none of that psychological horror is expounded on. It all takes place in an empty laboratory and there are some moments where you feel the claustrophobia of being trapped in a place where dead bodies are kept and weird surgical instruments all over the place. The best thing this movie has going for it is its atmosphere. Yeah, there are 'scares' but they're all the cliché flickering lights, someone coming up behind someone else's back, fake out, cheap ass easy jump scares that we've seen a million times and you can see them coming from a mile away. It has a great cast and an interesting premise, and I love horror movies so why should this be any different? Well first of all calling it a horror movie is a bit of a stretch. I really wanted The Lazarus Effect to be good.

The Lazarus Impact by Vincent Todarello