However, only the hit 1995 big-screen version of "Casper" ever bothered to give his ... His father spends his own life trying to create the Lazarus Machine -- which allegedly brings the dead ...

The directorial debut of Brad Silberling, Casper first hit theaters May 26, 1995, and it was a smash ... the eccentric inventor created a “Lazarus machine” specifically to bring his beloved ...