Re-Animator

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Re-Animator ★★★ 1984

Black humor cult classic, based on the H.P. Lovecraft story “Herbert West, The ReAnimator.” Med student Herbert West (Combs) is determined to make a medical breakthrough by bringing the dead back to life. His experimental green goo is finally successful on a corpse from the med school morgue but, as usual, any resurrected cadaver becomes difficult to control. Grisly if somewhat selfconscious but there's an unforgettable sex scene invovling a lustful severed head and heroine Megan (Crampton). Followed by “Bride of ReAnimator.” 86m/C VHS, DVD . Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson, Gerry Black, Carolyn PurdyGordon; D: Stuart Gordon; W: Stuart Gordon, Dennis PaoliWilliam J. Norris; C: Mac Ahlberg; M: Richard Band.