Frank Walton (played by Mark Duplass) is a protagonist in The Lazarus Effect.
Frank Walton is a university medical researcher who co-develops the Lazarus serum with Zoe McConnell, his fiancée. He leads the unauthorized effort to revive a dead animal and later uses the serum to resurrect Zoe after her electrocution. He ultimately tries to stop her with poison, but she revives him with serum-saturated blood. Zoe McConnell (played by Olivia Wilde) is a protagonist in The Lazarus Effect.
Zoe McConnell is a medical researcher and Frank Walton’s fiancée, helping develop the Lazarus serum. After being electrocuted, she is revived with rapidly evolving mental abilities and becomes increasingly violent and unstable. She kills several members of the team, defeats Eva through an illusion, and later resurrects Frank with her own altered blood. Niko (played by Donald Glover) appears in The Lazarus Effect.
Niko is a colleague who assists Frank Walton and Zoe McConnell with their medical research and the early Lazarus experiments. After Zoe’s revival changes her behavior, she attempts to seduce him, but he refuses. Zoe then uses telekinesis to throw him into a locker and crush it, making him one of her first human victims. Clay (played by Evan Peters) appears in The Lazarus Effect.
Clay is a colleague who helps Frank Walton, Zoe McConnell, and Niko conduct the Lazarus research and repeat the revival experiment. After Zoe cuts power to the laboratory, Clay demands to know where Niko is. Zoe responds by killing him with an e-cigarette lodged in his throat. Eva (played by Sarah Bolger) appears in The Lazarus Effect.
Eva is a videography student who documents Frank Walton and Zoe McConnell’s research project. She remains alive after Zoe turns against the group and tries to find her with a syringe. Although Eva appears to inject Zoe, Zoe reveals that the escape was an illusion and then kills Eva.
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Characters
Frank Walton
(played by Mark Duplass) — protagonist
Frank Walton is a university medical researcher who co-develops the Lazarus serum with Zoe McConnell, his fiancée. He leads the unauthorized effort to revive a dead animal and later uses the serum to...
Zoe McConnell
(played by Olivia Wilde) — protagonist
Zoe McConnell is a medical researcher and Frank Walton’s fiancée, helping develop the Lazarus serum. After being electrocuted, she is revived with rapidly evolving mental abilities and becomes increas...
Niko
(played by Donald Glover) — supporting
Niko is a colleague who assists Frank Walton and Zoe McConnell with their medical research and the early Lazarus experiments. After Zoe’s revival changes her behavior, she attempts to seduce him, but...
Clay
(played by Evan Peters) — supporting
Clay is a colleague who helps Frank Walton, Zoe McConnell, and Niko conduct the Lazarus research and repeat the revival experiment. After Zoe cuts power to the laboratory, Clay demands to know where N...
Eva
(played by Sarah Bolger) — supporting
Eva is a videography student who documents Frank Walton and Zoe McConnell’s research project. She remains alive after Zoe turns against the group and tries to find her with a syringe. Although Eva app...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Frank Walton → Zoe McConnell
(Romantic Fiancees)
The plot explicitly identifies Frank and Zoe as engaged partners. Their shared research and Zoe's death and revival make their relationship central to...
Frank Walton → Eva
(Professional Project Documentarian)
Eva is a videography student who documents Frank and Zoe's Lazarus project.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Niko → Clay
(Alliance Research Teammates)
Niko and Clay both assist Frank and Zoe in conducting the Lazarus experiments.
Zoe McConnell → Eva
(Conflict Psychic Adversaries)
Zoe shows Eva the nightmare associated with her death, later creates an apparent escape for Eva as an illusion, and then kills her.
Zoe McConnell → Clay
(Conflict Killer And Victim)
After Clay demands to know where Niko is, Zoe kills him by lodging an electronic cigarette into his throat.
Zoe McConnell → Niko
(Conflict Predator And Victim)
Zoe attempts to seduce Niko, and when he refuses, she throws him into a locker with telekinesis and crushes it.
Frank Walton → Clay
(Alliance Teammates)
Clay assists Frank and Zoe during the successful Lazarus trial on Rocky and the later laboratory experiment.
Frank Walton → Niko
(Alliance Teammates)
Niko assists Frank and Zoe with the Lazarus experiments, including the trial involving Rocky.
Story Analysis
A revival serum intended to heal the dead instead accelerates the mind while unleashing buried violence and psychic power.
Plot Progression
The Forbidden Lazarus Trial
Science Under Seizure
Death Reverses Course
The Mind Evolves
The Laboratory Goes Dark
Directed by David Gelb
The Lazarus Effect (2015) · 5.3/10 · horror, science-fiction, thriller
