Re-Animator

1985

1h 26m

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7.0/10

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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.

Directors

Stuart Gordon

Writers

H.P. Lovecraft(story by)

Dennis Paoli(writer by)

William Norris(writer by)

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Jeffrey Combs

Bruce Abbott

Barbara Crampton

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Herbert West

Dan Cain

Megan Halsey

Dr. Carl Hill

Dean Alan Halsey

Dr. Harrod

Melvin the Re-Animated (uncredited)

Ian Patrick Williams

Swiss Professor (uncredited)

Bunny Summers

Swiss Woman Doctor (uncredited)

Al Berry

Dr. Gruber (uncredited)

Barbara Pieters

Nurse

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

Directors

Stuart Gordon

Writers

H.P. Lovecraft(story by)

Dennis Paoli(writer by)

William Norris(writer by)

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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.

TheTenth18 Apr, 2018