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.
Practical Effects
Disgusting practical effects that CGI still can't touch.
Acting
Jeffrey Combs' unhinged intensity—career-defining mad scientist.
Writing
Shockingly faithful Lovecraft adaptation with added black comedy.
Director
Stuart Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stuart Gordon originally wanted to adapt Lovecraft's 'Dagon' but settled for 'Herbert West—Reanimator' when he realized fish people were expensive. The movie was shot in Italy to stretch their $900,000 budget.
This film essentially created the splatstick subgenre—horror-comedy where the comedy comes from the sheer excess of gore. It saved Barbara Crampton from soap opera purgatory and made Jeffrey Combs a genre icon for life.
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