Re-Animator

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Directed by

Stuart Gordon

Starring (View all)

Jeffrey Combs
Herbert West

Bruce Abbott
Dan Cain

Barbara Crampton
Megan Halsey

David Gale
Dr. Carl Hill

Robert Sampson
Dean Halsey

Gerry Black
Mace

Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Dr. Harrod

Peter Kent
Melvin the Re-Animated

Written by (View all)

H.P. Lovecraft

Dennis Paoli
(screenplay)

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7 years, 6 months ago at May 21 9:59

BAMF

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I can't figure out why I've not seen this one until now. Well now I can say I have. It's about time. Thank goodness for Netflix. I can't believe I've never seen any of horror legend Stuart Gordon's horror movies. I have only seen his writing with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I haven't seen any of Dennis Paoli's films either since it seems that he works solely with Gordon. This is the only credit Will... read more

I Gave Him Life!

14 years, 10 months ago at Jan 27 19:38

pamela voorhees

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the 1985 film directed by Stuart Gordon and written by H.P. Lovecraft and Dennis Paoli, about a doctor named Herbert West who trasnfers to a medical school in the United States to finish his research on brain life and possible re-animation. Deemed as strange from his roomate and thought as a fool by his professor, defiant Herbert goes against moral issues and so called "fact" and takes matters int... read more

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3 years, 5 months ago at Jul 6 12:37

flyflyfly

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Stuart Gordon’s enduring splatter classic riffs on many genres and defies logic, symbolic of most independent features from the '80s horror explosion, but supercharged by exceedingly well-written dialogue, "Re-Animator" ameliorates far above its counterparts. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s classic terror tale ‘Herbert West – Reanimator’ and featuring dry, deadpan jokes aplenty, this zombie-la... read more

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A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.

Release date: 18 October 1985
UPC: 790594432423

Tags: Horror (21), Comedy (11), 1985 (10), Sci-fi (9), Zombies (7), 1980s (7), Splatter (6), Black Comedy (5), Gore (5), Zombie (4), Lovecraft (3), (3), Death (2), Blood (2), Cat (2), Mad Scientist (2), Based On Short Story (2), H.p. Lovecraft (2), Reanimation (2), Usa (1)

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" A loose adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story “Herbert West: Reanimator”, this zombie/body horror debut by writer/director Stuart Gordon tested the boundaries of taste even in the sex and gore-happy 1980s. It’s about medical student Herbert West inventing a formula that can reverse death and, by film’s end, a decapitated head is engaging in sexual assault. All of Re-Animator’s transgressions made it a hit when it was released uncensored and unrated into the home video mark"

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"Pros: It’s a fun, gooey, bloody movie. The effects work. Jeffrey Combs, of Dr. Herbert West. The soundtrack Con: It may be too over the top, for some."

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