Re-Animator is a 1985 American science fiction horror comedy film loosely
based on the H. P. Lovecraft episodic novella “Herbert West–Reanimator.”
Directed by Stuart Gordon, it was the first film in the Re-Animator series. The
film has since become a cult film, driven by fans of Jeffrey Combs (who stars as
Herbert West) and Lovecraft, extreme gore, and the combination of horror and
comedy.
Adapted from H.P. Lovecraft’s sepulchral 1922 pulp horror story,
arguably the first such tale to ever consider scientifically affected corpses as
zombies, Re-Animator is Stuart Gordon’s cult classic trip into the realm
of the living dead.Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at
Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs, From Beyond)
reveals to fellow graduate student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) his groundbreaking
work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses. West’s secret reagent is a
powerful injection with the capacity to give life where there is none –
destined to capture the imagination of the entire scientific community. However,
between life and death is a thin thread of understanding and when obsession gets
the better of West, there is no stopping his wicked ways – dead or
alive!Presented complete and uncut in gore-glistening HD with all-new special
features, Re-Animator is a true horror-fest of mortal manipulation in the most
demented sense.
Awards
- Won, Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival, 1985 –
Best Film
- Won, Fantafestival, 1986 – Best Film
- Won, Fantafestival, 1986 – Best Special Effects
- Nominated, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1986 – Best Horror Film
- Nominated, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1986 – Best Make Up