But once Zoe is resuscitated, the proceedings descend into familiar horror-film tropes, with Zoe, who’s haunted by horrific memories of a traumatic childhood incident, suddenly exhibiting the ability to read thoughts and move objects with her mind. The screenplay by Luke Dawson and Jeremy Slater begins promisingly enough with its slow-burn examination of the various moral issues involved. But a freak accident results in Zoe getting electrocuted, so she becomes the subject instead. Its representative is played by Ray Wise ( Twin Peaks), whose agent apparently has the ability to snare him a role, however brief, in every horror film made.įortunately, or not, they’ve managed to hold onto at least one batch of the serum, so they decide to go rogue and replicate the experiment under cover of night.

When the university gets wind of their activities, they promptly shut the project down, with a pharmaceutical company swooping in to seize all of their results. Read More Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds in Cavalli “What if we ripped him out of doggie heaven?” she worriedly asks Frank. “This thing could go Cujo on you in a hurry!” warns Clay, obviously a Stephen King fan. Unfortunately, the canine soon begins acting weird, exhibiting aggressive behavior, refusing to eat and climbing on Zoe’s bed to stare ominously at her while she sleeps. And their work seems to be paying off, as they succeed in reviving a dead dog with the use of a gloppy white serum and a well-timed jolt of electricity. The group’s study began as an effort to prolong the time window in which a recently deceased person can be revived, but unbeknownst to the university sponsoring them, they’ve expanded its parameters considerably. The team also includes Nike ( Donald Glover), who has a not-so-secret crush on Zoe Clay ( Evan Peters), who partakes of a toke now and again while working and videographer Eva ( Sarah Bolger), who’s documenting the experiments. Set almost entirely within the confines of a laboratory in Berkeley, California, it concerns the efforts of a ragtag group of researchers led by the driven Frankenstein, uh, Frank ( Mark Duplass) and his more philosophically minded fiancee, Zoe ( Olivia Wilde).

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