Re-Animator
Directed by Stuart Gordon7.190%82%7.0
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.
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- skidro6November 10, 2025Awesome movie. Jeffrey Combs never disappoints
- skotjayApril 5, 2025"Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job at a sideshow!"
- Adam NeelyOctober 22, 2025Great film but don't expect it to Tango, it's got a broken back!
- JaredXIIIOctober 19, 2025An all-time cult classic favourite— and it's easy to see why! Hilarious! Weird! Wild! Stunning! Very Quotable! THE REANIMATOR is one of the Top 10 Best Movies to Watch Around Halloween on basically any of the dozens of list you can find on the internet-- and for good reason. This movie is just so fantastically campy & creepy that it's no wonder why it's become such a classic.
- DerekOctober 19, 2025When I first got into horror as a kid, I rented every classic and would watch every horror movie I could get my hands on. I can’t believe I missed this film! It was awesome! And young me would’ve totally dug this one. Old me absolutely loved it!
- BenSeptember 22, 2025Plagiarist!
- Michael HeimgartnerOctober 18, 2025A Bloody, Bizarre Delight – with Limits Re-Animator (1985), directed by Stuart Gordon and loosely based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, is a cult splatterfest that lives and breathes pure genre madness. It’s over-the-top, outrageously gory and soaked in pitch-black humor, and that’s exactly what makes it such an enduring favorite among horror fans. Watching it today, I still find plenty to enjoy, though I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a masterpiece. The practical effects are what truly steal the show. They’re grotesque, gooey, and gleefully absurd. While some scenes feel more like midnight-movie parody than true horror, there’s an undeniable charm in how far Gordon is willing to go. It’s not afraid to be completely unhinged, especially in the final act, which explodes into a crescendo of body horror and black comedy inside a morgue that has seen far too much. Jeffrey Combs is brilliant as the obsessively unhinged Dr. Herbert West. He walks a fine line between mad scientist cliché and genuinely magnetic screen presence. Barbara Crampton, as always, commits fully to the madness around her, and while some performances may come off as campy or stiff, they work within the film’s tone. It doesn’t aim for realism, it aims for gleeful chaos and mostly succeeds. Where the film loses some points for me is in its pacing and tone. There are stretches where the story feels thin and a bit directionless. It's never boring, but there’s a slight feeling of repetition, and some of the shock value feels like it’s there just to be provocative, not to support the narrative. Additionally, the blend of horror and humor, while mostly successful, doesn’t always land with the same consistency. Some gags are brilliant, others feel a bit forced. That said, it’s a film that never pretends to be more than what it is: a wild, gory ride made with passion, creativity and practical ingenuity. It’s no wonder it has such a devoted fanbase and spawned sequels. For fans of outrageous body horror and horror comedies, this is essential viewing. But for viewers looking for more substance or subtlety, Re-Animator might feel like a bloody mess without much meaning. I agree that Re-Animator shines most when it embraces its chaotic identity. It’s a cult classic for a reason, just not a flawless one. Worth seeing, worth admiring for its practical effects and sheer audacity but not quite a horror masterpiece in my book.
- Paul BufanoOctober 16, 2025"Did you ever see that movie where the body is walking around carrying its own head and then the head goes down on that babe?"
- TedflixSeptember 20, 2025Schlocky fun
- ahwooAugust 6, 2025A timeless horror classic with a dash of twisted humor.
- Carlos IbarraJuly 24, 2025Easily the best of the Lovecraft adaptations so far. Still holds up, still such a blast. Great effects, great humor, great horror.
Re-Animator Trivia
Re-Animator was released on October 18, 1985.
Re-Animator was directed by Stuart Gordon.
Re-Animator has a runtime of 86 min.
Re-Animator was produced by Brian Yuzna.
The key characters in Re-Animator are Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), Megan Halsey (Barbara Crampton).
Re-Animator is rated Not Rated.
Re-Animator is a Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror film.
Re-Animator has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.