Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Rick Fry, Woody Keith

Stars:

Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeffrey Combs	...	Dr. Herbert West
Bruce Abbott	...	Dr. Dan Cain
Claude Earl Jones	...	Lt. Leslie Chapham
Fabiana Udenio	...	Francesca Danelli
David Gale	...	Dr. Carl Hill
Kathleen Kinmont	...	Gloria
Mel Stewart	...	Dr. Graves
Irene Cagen	...	Nurse Shelley (as Irene Forrest)
Michael Strasser	...	Ernest
Mary Sheldon	...	Meg Halsey
Marge Turner	...	The Re-Animated: Elizabeth Chapham
Johnny Legend	...	The Re-Animated: Skinny Corpse
David Bynum	...	The Re-Animated: Black Corpse
Noble Craig	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature
Kim Parker	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature

Storyline

In Peru, Dr. Herbert West and Dr. Dan Cain are medical volunteers in a civil war with the assistant Francesca Danelli and they are researching how to create human life from dead tissue using wounded soldiers as guinea pigs. They return to Miskatonic Hospital and Dan treats a terminal patient, Gloria, and gets close to her. When the snoopy Lt. Leslie Chapham investigates the Miskatonic Massacre, he learns that body parts are missing in the morgue, and Herbert and Dan become his prime suspects. But Herbert kills the lieutenant and revives him with the serum. Meanwhile, Dr. Graves finds the head of Dr. Carl Hill and the green substance that the deceased doctor stole from Herbert, and uses the serum to resurrect Dr. Hill's head. When Gloria dies, Herbert and Dan use her head, with Meg's heart and parts of other women to create the perfect woman. But Lt. Chapham teams up with Dr. Hill to seek revenge against the crazy scientists.

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Plot Keywords:

reanimated corpse | black comedy | serum | peru | civil war | 

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Taglines:

Til Death Do Us Part.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

The liquid used for the "re-agent," as in the first film, was taken from glowsticks.

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Goofs

After Dr. Graves cuts the bat open that he injects with the serum, the bat has a hole in its stomach. After it attacks him and Dr. Graves pins it down, there is no hole in the bat's stomach

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Quotes

Dr. Herbert West: [to Hill's head] You're a dead... head!... and a no... body!
[knocks over Hill's head with a severed arm and laughs]

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Crazy Credits

"Special Makeup and Visual Effects: Screaming Mad George"

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Alternate Versions

DVD version includes both the R-Rated theatrical release and a slightly longer and more explicit Unrated version. Both versions are included in full-frame (open matte) and widescreen (matted) format on the disc.

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Connections

Referenced in Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks: Don't Panic (2014)

User Reviews

Herbert West...At It Again!!!

BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR is a great, gory, funny, all around fun film. This time, the good doctor decides that re-animating alone just isn't enough, he has to play "Dr. Frankenstein" and build his own woman!!! (among several other strange "creations"). BRIDE isn't quite as ground-breaking as the original RE-ANIMATOR, because we've already been prepared (sort-of) by the first film. But BRIDE has all the same sleazy, funny, over-acted elements of the original. Both are excellent films, as far as BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR is concerned - leave that one where it belongs...on the shelf. Not nearly as original, funny, or gory - the whole style of BEYOND just doesn't fit with the first 2 classics, in my opinion. 8/10 for BRIDE!!!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 1990 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bride of Re-Animator

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Re-Animator II Productions, Wild Street

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1