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Re-Animator

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Re-Animator (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 33  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.6/10
 
Consensus: Perfectly composits humor and horror. Perfectly compositing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes. more
 
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis:
Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) has found the secret to eternal life--or so he thinks. West needs fresh cadavers to continue his experiments in the re-animation of dead tissue, so he enlists the help of young medical student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) to steal bodies from the local morgue. Despite... [More]
Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) has found the secret to eternal life--or so he thinks. West needs fresh cadavers to continue his experiments in the re-animation of dead tissue, so he enlists the help of young medical student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) to steal bodies from the local morgue. Despite all the warning signs of failure, the eccentric West's research continues. The results are crazed zombies that roam the streets, severed heads that talk, murder, madness, and chaos, all in the name of science, of course. Director Stuart Gordon's film debut, an adaptation of the short story by H.P. Lovecraft, is a masterpiece of ghoulish fun. Graphic special effects, good scripting, and perfectly over-the-top performances make RE-ANIMATOR a classic horror film in the tradition of THE EVIL DEAD and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson

Director: Stuart Gordon
Screenwriter: Dennis Paoli, William J. Norris, Stuart Gordon
Producer: Brian Yuzna

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 20, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Disc 1: RE-ANIMATOR
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Stuart Gordon - Director
  • 2. Brian Yuzna - Producer; Bruce Abbott - Actor; Jeffrey Combs - Actor; Barbara Crampton - Actor; Robert Sampson - Actor

Disc 2:

  • Deleted Scene
  • Extended Scenes
  • Featurette - RE-ANIMATOR RESURRECTUS - (70 Minutes)
  • Production Interview - 1. Stuart Gordon - Director; Brian Yuzna - Producer
  • 2. Dennis Paoli - Writer
  • 3. Richard Band - Composer
  • 4. Tony Timpone - Fangoria Editor
  • 5. Music Discussion With Richard Band - Composer
  • Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot

Text/Photos Galleries:

  • Stuart Gordon Bio
  • Stills/Photos - 1. Behind-The-Scenes Still Gallery
  • 2. Fun On The Set - Still Gallery
  • 3. Still Gallery
  • 4. Posters And Advertising Gallery
  • 5. Storyboard Gallery

DVD-ROM:

  • Herbert West, RE-ANIMATOR By H.P. Lovecraft
  • Screenplay

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This is one of the greatest films ever made. Period. It's outrageous, erotic, gory, jaw-dropping, genre-busting ,shocking, and altogether exhilarating filmmaking.

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05/05/08 05:48 PM
Brian Holcomb
PopMatters
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A classic horror-comedy.

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01/29/08 06:05 PM
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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In its best moments, the film itself practically leaps off the screen.

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10/22/07 12:08 PM
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth
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Stuart Gordon doesn't just push the envelope of good taste with this one; he tears right through it.

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07/10/07 10:03 PM
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review
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While Re-Animator fails as a faithful adaptation of Lovecraft, it is an incredibly demented movie in its own right that combines a plethora of downright disgusting grand guignol with disturbing black humor.

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06/05/07 11:11 PM
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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It's this kind of flat-footed stuff that gives garbage a bad name.

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06/05/07 11:08 PM
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Pic has a grisly sense of humor, and sometimes is so gross and over the top the film tips over into a bizarre comedy.

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06/05/07 11:06 PM
Variety Staff
Variety
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The plot... took a genre obsessed with masked killers, monsters et al, completely by storm.

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04/18/07 03:15 AM
Mark Dinning
Empire Magazine
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Re-Animator was Stuart Gordon's first (and best) movie.

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04/13/07 08:30 AM
Jeremiah Kipp
Slant Magazine
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A comically ghastly B-movie delight.

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03/20/07 02:54 PM
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com
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The injection of humour into HP Lovecraft's 1922 tale is what saves this splatterfest from being mere fodder for gorehounds.

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06/24/06 03:39 AM
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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No review available.

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12/02/05 07:23 AM
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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No review available.

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11/01/05 02:21 PM
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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Re-Animator exploits our fears of segmentation, of being many fragments of a body living independently.

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11/01/05 03:15 AM
Leo Goldsmith
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08/15/05 01:53 PM
Emanuel Levy
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A campy horror classic with style

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05/06/05 12:39 AM
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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10/08/04 01:16 PM
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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Brilliantly campy and fun Lovecraft adaptation.

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08/19/04 01:15 PM
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com
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06/14/04 02:01 AM
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
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A clever, madcap mid-80s cult classic combining sinister comedy with bloody horror.

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05/17/04 08:16 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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