Sci-Fi Short Film "Laboratory Conditions" | DUST | Starring Marisa Tomei & Minnie Driver
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when someone is trying to identify a half-remembered movie about scientists trying to capture or prove the existence of a soul.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2022 to 2025.
What it is
A 17-minute sci-fi short film by Jocelyn Stamat, written by Terry Rossio and published on the DUST channel. A hospital physician (Marisa Tomei) tracks a missing dying patient to a medical school lab, where a researcher (Minnie Driver) is running an illicit experiment to detect a soul.
What people said
Recommends Sebastian_H · 2022-11 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Movie about scientist trying to find evidence of soul”
It's a Sci-Fi short film called " Laboratory Conditions [this video] " starring Marisa Tomei & Minnie Driver. It was published on the Dust [LINK] YouTube channel. Marisa Tomei plays the doctor whose dying patient gets "stolen" by some researchers in an ambulance. She follows them to a nearby laboratory and confronts them. The head researcher (played by Minnie Driver) explains that they attempt to prove the existence of a soul once and for all, by keeping the dying person inside a sealed chamber full of sensory equipment. She invites the doctor to stay and watch the experiment, to which she agrees. I don't want to spoil much more of the story than this, because I think it's a pretty good movie and
Cites Buzz · 2023-05 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Movie where a female scientist is capturing souls”
Although it doesn't quite match the time frame or all the details, this does sound a lot like the 2017 short film " Laboratory Conditions [LINK] ," starring Marissa Tomei and Minnie Driver. The entire seventeen-minute film is available on YouTube. This review [LINK] has a partial plot summary: The film begins with a low tense, dramatic music, hushed up voices, and dim-lit setting, all conjuring up an atmosphere of mystery. Dr Emma Holloway (Marisa Tomei) is in search of her missing deceased patient. She notices an oddly-behaving ambulance and follows it, which leads her to a huge laboratory where an experiment is to be carried out on the stolen patient, still alive but barely, under highly r
Cites blobbymcblobby · 2025-02 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “TV show or movie, about a group of scientists trying to trap a dead man's soul, in a room w/ electromagnetic barrier”
I believe this is Laboratory Conditions [LINK] (2017), directed by Jocelyn Stamat and starring Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver, and Paulo Costanzo. A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment. trap a dying man's soul in a room with an electromagnetic field Only one female scientist can see his soul/ghost. He is suffering in pain, and she wants to release him. The other scientists don't want too, and they cannot see him. When the power comes back on,the female scientist sees a monstrous black creature and a goth dressed up, looking teenage girl. She is holding a monstrous-looking baby. The girl puts a finger to her lips and mouths, "Shh," [LINK]