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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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Reviews for Re-Animator
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.
This is one of the greatest films ever made. Period. It's outrageous, erotic, gory, jaw-dropping, genre-busting ,shocking, and altogether exhilarating filmmaking.
A deliciously gross horror movie for horror movie fans, director Stuart Gordon's tour de force adapts a series of H.P. Lovecraft stories into a creepy, disquieting comedy.
Stuart Gordon doesn't just push the envelope of good taste with this one; he tears right through it.
The injection of humour into HP Lovecraft's 1922 tale is what saves this splatterfest from being mere fodder for gorehounds.
A giddy, gory horror-comedy filled with audaciously grotesque special effects and witty black humor.
All of this, ingenious as it may be and much as it will redound to Mr. Gordon's credit in hard-core horror circles, is absolutely to be avoided by anyone not in the mood for a major bloodbath.
A clever, madcap mid-80s cult classic combining sinister comedy with bloody horror.
Latest News for Re-Animator
March 17, 2009:
Re-Animator Producers Talk Remake ![]()
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...
March 02, 2009:
Producers Plan 3-D Re-Animator Remake ![]()
Add another picture to the remake pile: Shock Till You Drop has gotten word that a "Re-Animator" remake is in the works -- and that it could be in 3-D. More...
May 17, 2006:
William H. Macy Elects to Visit "House of Re-Animator"
The creators of the original "Re-Animator" are getting back together to do a 4th chapter. This one will be called "House of Re-Animator," and it will star... More...
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