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Re-Animator

1985

Stuart Gordon

Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale ...

6.2

7,276

Horror. Sci-Fi A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment into reanimating the dead conducted by the student's incorrigible housemate in this campy sendup of an H.P. Lovecraft story. The emphasis is on humour but once the dead walk, there is gore aplenty.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"We have been assaulted by a lurid imagination, amazed by unspeakable sights, blind-sided by the movie's curiously dry sense of humor. I guess that's our money's worth (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"It’s simply the best, funniest Grand Guignol horror picture to come along in ages."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The injection of humour into HP Lovecraft's 1922 tale is what saves this splatterfest from being mere fodder for gorehounds."	NEU
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"[It] is splatter heaven. Based on the sci-fi novel by H.P. Lovecraft, 'Re-Animator''s gore is exceeded only by its wit."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Ludicrous and inept (...) [it] tries to compensate for its complete failure to establish even a sliver of credibility by inflating the usual quotient of giggly camp humor and squishy gore effects."	NEG
United Kingdom	Mark Dinning Empire	"Even in its present form, 'Re-Animator' remains a splashy hark back to the glorious 80s love affair with all-things bloody (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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