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Rating: 7.057/10 by 1471 users

Re-Animator (1985)

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

Directing:
  • Stuart Gordon
Writing:
  • H.P. Lovecraft
  • William Norris
  • Dennis Paoli
  • Stuart Gordon
  • H.P. Lovecraft
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Oct 18, 1985

Rating: 7.057/10 by 1471 users

Alternative Title:
幽灵人种 - CN
Der Re-Animator - DE
活跳屍 - HK
Реаниматорът - BG
A Hora dos Mortos-Vivos - BR
Ζωντανός-νεκρός - GR
Reanimátor - HU
Shiryo no shitatari - JP
El resucitador - PE
O Soro Maléfico - PT
Reanimator - RS
Реаниматор - RU
ZOMBIO/死霊のしたたり - JP
리애니메이터 - KR
Re-Animator - ES

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 26 minutes
Budget: $900,000
Revenue: $2,023,414

Plot Keyword: experiment, insanity, overdose, black humor, mad scientist, decapitation, reanimation, laboratory, severed head, hospital, zombie, intestines, death, black cat, based on short story, dead cat, surgical operation, reanimated corpse, medical student, medical school

Jeffrey Combs
Herbert West
David Gale
Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson
Dean Alan Halsey
Peter Kent
Melvin the Re-Animated (uncredited)
Ian Patrick Williams
Swiss Professor (uncredited)
Bunny Summers
Swiss Woman Doctor (uncredited)
Al Berry
Dr. Gruber (uncredited)
Annyce Holzman
E-R Patient Corpse
Velvet Debois
Slit Wrist Girl Corpse
Robert Holcomb
Motorcycle Accident Corpse
Mike Filloon
Bullet Wound to Face Corpse
James Earl Cathay
Psycho Ward Guard #2
James Ellis
Psycho Ward Guard #1
Derek Pendleton
Swiss Policeman #1
Gene Scherer
Swiss Policeman #2
Craig Reed
One Arm Man Corpse

Gimly

I don't feel as strongly about _Re-Animator_ as much of the horror community does. I absolutely enjoy it, recommend it, even. Just in more of a Watch-Enjoy-Done sort of way. Very different from your typical Lovecraft fare. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._

TheTenth

In 1985 I was 15, and already a big horror movie fan. With Evil Dead, Halloween, Friday 13th, Italian horror ... the genre was dynamic. Then, reading Mad Movies, I see this very gore movie inspired by a short Lovecraft tale, coming soon. I go there at 2pm, watch the movie and end up seeing it 7 times in 3 days. The cast gives an insane (!!!) performance, especially Jeffrey Combs of course, but having Bruce Abbott try to keep his sanity and stay alive in the horrific events. Barbara Crampton will be mainly remembered by being licked by a severed head, but she does a nice "normal" character. The couple try to save what they can (sanity and life) and are quite a counterpoint to West and his madness of overcoming death, whatever consequences there may be. Most scenes are in the Arkham faculty, some at Dan's apartment. This also enhances the madness of it all, with a regular setting where usually nothing wrong could happen. The "gore" SFX still are vivid in my mind. So OK more modern SFX are done now, but those rubber body parts with liters of blood were really efficient, and I'll add "physical". Those computer generated very often lack the practical physicality of holding a severed hand or head they do now (must be a challenge for the actors to interact with nothing beside a green sceen. Overall these elements create a powerfully entertaining movie.


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