Re-Animator (1985)

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.

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Writers:

H.P. Lovecraft (story), Dennis Paoli (screenplay),

Stars:

Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Barbara Pieters	...	Nurse
Ian Patrick Williams	...	Swiss Professor
Bunny Summers	...	Swiss Woman Doctor
Al Berry	...	Dr. Gruber
Derek Pendleton	...	Swiss Policeman #1
Gene Scherer	...	Swiss Policeman #2
James Ellis	...	Psycho Ward Guard #1

Storyline

A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment into reanimating the dead conducted by the student's incorrigible housemate in this campy sendup of an H.P. Lovecraft story. The emphasis is on humour but once the dead walk, there is gore aplenty.

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Plot Keywords:

student | experiment | h.p. lovecraft | death | scientist | 

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Taglines:

Death Is Just The Beginning...

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

18 October 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Hora dos Mortos Vivos

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$900,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Pictures, Re-Animator Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 86 min (unrated) 95 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Very loosely adapted from H.P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West - Re-Animator".

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Goofs

The bone saw that Dr. Hill uses to dissect the cadaver in class never rotates.

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Quotes

Herbert West: Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow.

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Connections

Referenced in The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX (1998)

User Reviews

hilarious!

when i first saw re-animator in 85, i hadn't been introduced to the likes of the evil dead series, dead alive, or any of that horror/comedy genre. i thought horror/comedy went together as well as military intelligence...

i was aghast and appalled. i just didn't get it. i was a classic horror fan; so when i heard the obvious rip from psycho's theme, it irritated me even more.

well, now i'm an older, wiser horror fan. i just saw it again for the first time since 85 and i laughed my bum off! homage, homage, homage! honouring everything from hitchcock to raimi, from day of the dead to frankenstein. this in-your-face send off is a great double feature with dead alive. jeffery combs' over the top performance is reminiscent of colin clive and cronenberg found his very own ash in bruce abbott. so sit back, relax (as much as you can...) and enjoy re-animator.