Re-Animator
1985
Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk.
Directed by Stuart Gordon
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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Details
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Written by
- H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon
- Produced by
- Brian Yuzna
- Composer
- Richard Band
- Cinematographer
- Mac Ahlberg
- Editor
- Lee Percy
- Makeup FX
- Anthony Doublin, Everett Burrell, John Carl Buechler, John Naulin
- Studio
- Empire Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 7.0/10 (1,674 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 88% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 73/100
- IMDb
- 7.1/10 (78,024 votes)
Awards
- WonSitges Film Festival— Best Film(1985)
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1986)
Cast
Jeffrey Combs
Herbert West
Bruce Abbott
Dan Cain
Barbara Crampton
Megan Halsey
David Gale
Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson
Dean Alan Halsey
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Dr. Harrod
Peter Kent
Melvin the Re-Animated
Ian Patrick Williams
Swiss Professor
Bunny Summers
Swiss Woman Doctor
Al Berry
Dr. Gruber
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
Crew
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — MAN-MADE MONSTERS #20: Re-Animator (1985) & Depraved (2019)
The Evolution of Horror — ZOMBIES Pt 12: Re-Animator (1985) & Death Becomes Her (1992)
Re-Animator Collection
Appears in
Arrow Video
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Man-Made Monsters - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Playing God
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Zombies - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
