Medical researcher Frank and his team have achieved a groundbreaking feat: they have found a way to bring dead animals back to life. After successful initial tests, they are ready to share their discovery with the world. However, their dean learns of the unsanctioned experiment and shuts down the project, fearing the consequences. Despite the risk, Frank decides to continue with the experiment but during the recreation of the procedure, Frank's fiancee Zoe meets an unfortunate death. Frank pleads with the university to reopen the project for one last attempt to bring Zoe back, which they agree to despite the potential fallout. The experiment works and Zoe returns to life, but something sinister lurks beneath the surface.