the Burn Victim. Tony Doublin designed the mechanical effects and was faced with the Country Written by Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue. The character of Herbert West starred in a number of comic book adaptations by different companies, such as Adventure Comics (Re-Animator: Dawn of the Re-Animator), Zenoscope Entertainment (The Chronicles of Dr. Herbert West) and Dynamite Entertainment (Re-Animator). was originally released on videotape, two versions were available: the Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Director Stuart Gordon has expressed his preference for the unrated version over the R-rated version. Was this review helpful to you? Dr. Halsey's colleague Dr. Carl Hill, a research-oriented brain surgeon, takes charge of Dr. Halsey, whom he puts in a padded observation cell adjacent to his office. It will Scare You to Pieces The score for the film was composed by Richard Band, and has been noted for its similarities to Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. Distributed By and even spawned a short-lived series of comic books. It seems West has a glowing green/yellow potion that brings the dead back to life...but they always come back in a foul mood. Re-Animator is a 1985 American comedy horror science fiction film loosely based on the H.P. he "used that as a base and modified the theme but kept that Lovecraft episodic novella "Herbert West–Reanimator." Re-Animator soundtrack from 1985, composed by Richard Band. Even though it Then, while decapitating him by driving the blade of the shovel through his neck: The Horror Movies That May Owe Their Existence To H.P. in order to present how a corpse looks once the blood settles in the Hits Dr. Hill over the head from behind, with a shovel. Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon directed another film based on an H. P. Lovecraft story, From Beyond (1986); though it featured a story unrelated to Re-Animator, it also starred both Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. featuring a remastered picture and two commentary tracks, one by Released by Waxwork Records in 2013 containing music from Re-Animator (1985). For Directed by Stuart Gordon. Very loosely based on H.P. The score took about three and a half weeks to complete, and was recorded in Italy with the Rome Philharmonic. Obsessed with the idea of overcoming the obstacle of death and determined to vindicate himself by backing up his theory, the ambitious medical student, Herbert West, arrives in New England, after the horrific incident at the Institute of Medicine in Switzerland. the film from 86 minutes to just under 105 minutes. Yuzna described the film as having the "sort of shock sensibility of an Evil Dead with the production values of, hopefully, The Howling." "Directed byStuart Gordonand produced byBrian Yuzna, it was the first film in theRe-Animatorfilm series. West also appeared in Devil's Due Publishing's Hack/Slash series as a side character, and in three crossover comics by Dynamite Entertainment, Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator, Army of Darkness/Re-Animator, in which Ash Williams of the Evil Dead series confronts West of the Re-Animator series. View production, box office, & company info. the film in Hollywood, because of all the special effects involved. Pauline Kael enjoyed the film's "indigenous American junkiness" and called it "pop Buñuel; example, one technique involved building an upper torso that actor David Gale could bend over and stick his head through so that it appeared to be the one that the walking corpse was carrying around. Dan takes her to the hospital emergency room and tries to revive her, but she is quite dead. The dead will rise again, even with a bit of help; however, can the young re-animator harness the power of his phosphorescent green reagent? realized that it would be too expensive to recreate. During the course of this operation, he discovers that Dr. Halsey is not sick, but dead and reanimated. Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna, it was the first film in the Re-Animator film series. Naulin said that Re-Animator was the bloodiest film he had ever worked on. made it an hour, writing 13 episodes. The movie is fun on its own, but with the right type of audience it really comes alive.The film has extreme gore...probably the goriest movie of its decade. LP sleeve includes composer notes by Band and original photos of the actual 1985 recording session in Rome, Italy. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/Re-Animator?oldid=143645, Ian Patrick Williams as the Swiss Professor, Craig Reed as the One Arm Man Corpse a.k.a. As Dr. Hill peers through the microscope at this slide, West decapitates him with a shovel, snarling "plagiarist!" Massive full color poster of cover art included. October 18th 1985 Gordon showed Yuzna the script for the pilot and the 12 additional Ghoulies / Re-AnimatorLimited Edition of 1,000 CopiesIntrada (ISE1030), Re-Animator: Definitive EditionLimited Edition of 3,000 UnitsLa-La Land Records (LLLCD 1002), Re-Animator / Bride of Re-AnimatorSilva Screen (CD 082). Produced By In the 1999 film "American Beauty", Kevin Spacey and Wes Bentley's pure exploitation. It also has huge doses of black humor and the whole cast blessedly plays it straight...it they had winked at the camera once it would have destroyed the film.The film also has a tight, well-written script (it runs 86 minutes), is well directed by Stuart Gordon and has a great cast--David Gale (sadly no longer with us) was fantastic as the evil Hill. replaced with various scenes which had been deleted for pacing purposes, $2 Million It was just great! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. moviegoing crowd". score, Band has noted that the similarities were intentional, and that The biggest makeup challenge in the film was the headless Dr. Hill zombie. Dan tries to tell Dr. Alan Halsey, who is Megan's father and dean of the medical school, about West's success in reanimating the dead cat, but the dean does not believe him.