Re-Animator
“Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk.”
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Cast
Jeffrey Combs Bruce Abbott Barbara Crampton David Gale Robert Sampson Gerry Black
Credits
Written by: H.P. Lovecraft
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
A medical student's roommate is raising the dead, with predictably messy results. The mix of Lovecraft, splatter and black comedy is outrageous, and the lead is gloriously unhinged. A cult classic of gleeful bad taste.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Sitges Film Festival 1985: Best Film (Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award)
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (80,059 votes)
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