The plot... took a genre obsessed with masked killers, monsters et al, completely by storm.
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04/18/07
Re-Animator (1985)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:35
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Perfectly compositing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes.
Runtime: 86 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) has found the secret to eternal life--or so he thinks. West needs fresh cadavers to continue his experiments in the re-animation of dead tissue, so he enlists the help... [More]
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Director: Stuart Gordon
Reviews for Re-Animator
Top CriticThe injection of humour into HP Lovecraft's 1922 tale is what saves this splatterfest from being mere fodder for gorehounds.
06/24/06
Top CriticIt's so politically incorrect that there is no way anyone would be able to make it today.
06/19/08
It's sweet when a classic lives up to its legend, isn't it?
06/15/08
This is one of the greatest films ever made. Period. It's outrageous, erotic, gory, jaw-dropping, genre-busting ,shocking, and altogether exhilarating filmmaking.
05/05/08
A classic horror-comedy.
01/29/08
In its best moments, the film itself practically leaps off the screen.
10/22/07
Stuart Gordon doesn't just push the envelope of good taste with this one; he tears right through it.
07/10/07
While Re-Animator fails as a faithful adaptation of Lovecraft, it is an incredibly demented movie in its own right that combines a plethora of downright disgusting grand guignol with disturbing black humor.
06/05/07
It's this kind of flat-footed stuff that gives garbage a bad name.
06/05/07
Pic has a grisly sense of humor, and sometimes is so gross and over the top the film tips over into a bizarre comedy.
06/05/07
Top CriticRe-Animator was Stuart Gordon's first (and best) movie.
04/13/07
A comically ghastly B-movie delight.
03/20/07
No review available.
12/02/05
No review available.
11/01/05
Re-Animator exploits our fears of segmentation, of being many fragments of a body living independently.
11/01/05
No review available.
08/15/05
No review available.
10/08/04
Brilliantly campy and fun Lovecraft adaptation.
08/19/04
Latest News for Re-Animator
March 17, 2009:
Re-Animator Producers Talk Remake 
According to producers Brian Yuzna and Ray Haboush, their "Re-Animator" remake is cruising through development, with Ezra Godden and Elisha Cuthbert attached as the leads. More...
March 02, 2009:
Producers Plan 3-D Re-Animator Remake
Add another picture to the remake pile: Shock Till You Drop has gotten word that a "Re-Animator" remake is in the works -- and that it could be in 3-D. More...
May 17, 2006:
William H. Macy Elects to Visit "House of Re-Animator"
The creators of the original "Re-Animator" are getting back together to do a 4th chapter. This one will be called "House of Re-Animator," and it will star... More...
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