Re-Animator

[1985, Movie]

Re-Animator: Review

Several attempts to film H.P. Lovecraft's eerie tales of monsters and madness have been made, and while Stuart Gordon's take on the story "Herbert West, The Re-Animator" fails as a faithful adaptation, it is an incredibly demented movie in its own right that combines downright disgusting grand guignol effects with disturbing black humor. It's also great, if gory, fun. Jeffrey Combs stars as an intense young med student determined to make a scientific breakthrough and bring the dead back to life. He succeeds, but the results are disastrous. Read the complete review for Re-Animator

Re-Animator: Cast & Details

Year: 1985
Rated NR

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Jeffrey Combs: Herbert West
Bruce Abbott: Dan Cain
Barbara Crampton: Megan Halsey
David Gale: Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson: Dean Halsey
Gerry Black: Mace

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