Every one in a while, it’s good to kick back and relax to a classic horror movie … like Re-Animator.Granted, Re-Animator is not ‘classic’ in the sense of Nosferatu or Frankenstein, but those of us who prefer their horror with a little twist – and a lot of gore – there’s nothing quite like this Stuart Gordon extravaganza.
The movie tells the story of medical student Herbert West (the delightful Jeffrey Combs) who is obsessed with extending the time a body can be brought back to life after the brain technically dies. While more legitimate scientists (at least in the film) put the limit at 12 seconds, West feels that with just a few squirts of his special neon green formula he can extend it … indefinitely.
Bringing the dead back to life is a staple of the horror genre, but few films have the guts, so to speak, to capture it so graphically on the big screen. Although some of the gore looks a little dated – especially when compared to some of the stomach churning exercises in bad taste being churned out today – Re-Animator still has enough murder and mayhem to make its more squeamish viewers reach for a bucket.
What separates this film from the hundreds of other horror movies dedicated to the same central theme is Re-Animator's wicked sense of humor. Whether it’s West’s first experiments with the household cat (“Don’t expect it to tango. It has a broken back.") to the infamous seduction scene (don’t ask … it has to be seen to be believed), Re-Animator is a very funny film. Sick, twisted and very funny.
Starring Jeffrey Combs.
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