Re-Animator(1985).A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment into reanimating the dead conducted by the student's incorrigible housemate in this campy sendup of an H.P. Lovecraft story. The emphasis is on humour but once the dead walk, there is gore aplenty. Written byKeith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>... Synopsis Re-Animator(1985)
Movie Title: Re-Animator(1985)
Run Time: 86 min
Rating: 7.2 / 10
Genres: Horror |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 18 October 1985 (USA)
Director: Stuart Gordon
Writer: H.P. Lovecraft ,Dennis Paoli , ... and other credits
Actor: Jeffrey Combs,Bruce Abbott,Barbara Crampton
Stuart Gordon should be chided for allowing Richard Band to ape the great Bernard Herrmann's Psycho score in his music for Re-Animator, but don't let the similarity distract you: this is a wildly entertaining movie. Loosely based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, Re-Animator succeeds primarily because Gordon's affection for over-the-top situations is so obvious: you can just see how much fun he had putting this thing together. The now legendary scene where the severed head of Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale) licks with feverish audacity the unwilling flesh of the dazed and shackled Megan Halsey (Barbara Crampton) while her own lobotomized father stands watching is just one in a galaxy of great examples. Also of note: hilarious performance by the gifted Jeffrey Combs.
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