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Re-Animator (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 38

Fresh: 35

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 7.7/10

Consensus: Perfectly compositing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes.

Runtime: 86 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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... 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. [More]

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

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

Director: Stuart Gordon

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

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Nov 30, 1999

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It's so politically incorrect that there is no way anyone would be able to make it today.

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06/19/08
Lucius Gore
ESplatter

It's sweet when a classic lives up to its legend, isn't it?

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
06/15/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

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
Brian Holcomb
PopMatters

A classic horror-comedy.

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01/29/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

In its best moments, the film itself practically leaps off the screen.

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10/22/07
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

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
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
DVD Review

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
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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
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
Variety Staff
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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
Mark Dinning
Empire Magazine

Re-Animator was Stuart Gordon's first (and best) movie.

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04/13/07
Jeremiah Kipp
Slant Magazine

A comically ghastly B-movie delight.

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03/20/07
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

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
Geoff Andrew
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12/02/05
Jon Niccum
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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
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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
Leo Goldsmith
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08/15/05
Emanuel Levy
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A campy horror classic with style

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
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10/08/04
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Brilliantly campy and fun Lovecraft adaptation.

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08/19/04
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March 17, 2009: Re-Animator Producers Talk Remake Opens in new window
According to producers Brian Yuzna and Ray Haboush, their "Re-Animator" remake is cruising through development, with Ezra Godden and Elisha Cuthbert attached as the leads. More...

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