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Re-Animator (1985)
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18 October 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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hilarious! more (152 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeffrey Combs | ... | Herbert West | |
| Bruce Abbott | ... | Daniel 'Dan' Cain | |
| Barbara Crampton | ... | Megan Halsey | |
| David Gale | ... | Dr. Carl Hill | |
| Robert Sampson | ... | Dean Alan Halsey | |
| Gerry Black | ... | Mace (Miskatonic security guard) | |
| Carolyn Purdy-Gordon | ... | Dr. Harrod | |
| Peter Kent | ... | Melvin the Re-Animated | |
| Barbara Pieters | ... | Nurse | |
| Ian Patrick Williams | ... | Swiss professor | |
| Bunny Summers | ... | Swiss doctor | |
| Al Berry | ... | Dr. Gruber | |
| Derek Pendleton | ... | Swiss policeman #1 | |
| Gene Scherer | ... | Swiss policeman #2 | |
| James Ellis | ... | Psycho Ward guard #1 |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
86 min (unrated version) | USA:95 min (R-rated version)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Finland:K-18 | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (heavily cut) | West Germany:Not Rated | Singapore:(Banned) | UK:18 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Australia:MA (re-rating) (2007) | Australia:MA (2007 re-rating) | South Korea:18 | Italy:VM14 (re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:R | France:-12 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 (Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1986) | USA:R (cut version: 1986) | Iceland:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFilming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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David Gale was made to shave his head and wear a toupee, as this was found to be in keeping with Dr. Hill's character. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: We see West shoving the drill through the cadaver's back and exiting his chest. The chest itself is a fake with the actor playing the cadaver holding on to it and shoving the drill through himself. We see this for ourselves when the two actors accidentally lift the fake chest high enough to reveal the real body underneath. moreFAQ
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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.