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Re-Animator (1985)

1985's Re-Animator is a feature-length film based on H.P. Lovecraft's short story, Herbert West–Reanimator. The Horror and Comedy release follows a man that spends time attempting to create a reagent that will reanimate the dead.

Re-Animator
Not Rated
Horror
Sci-Fi
Comedy

Director
Stuart Gordon
Release Date
October 18, 1985
Cast
Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , Robert Sampson , David Gale , Barbara Crampton
Writers
Stuart Gordon , William Norris , Dennis Paoli
Runtime
105 minutes
Sequel(s)
Re-Animator: Evolution
Budget
$900 thousand

Summary

After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.

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