About:
An ambitious medical student creates a serum which he believes can bring the dead back to life. Disregarding warnings and threats from the faculty, he and his roommate set out to prove that death can be beaten. But when their experiments go horribly wrong, their academic reputations are the least of their worries…
Review:
I hate to admit that the first time I tried to watch this movie I fell asleep during the opening credits. My bad! Re-Animator was a great flick and well deserving of its cult status. I think in order for these types of movies to be a success it is important they not take themselves too serious, which is something Re-Animator certainly does not do. The gore is so abundant and over-the-top all you can do is laugh in between dry heaves.
This guy knows what I’m talking about, lol!
The protagonist, young and ambitious medical student Herbert West, is a complete dick head for most of the movie before suddenly morphing into the beloved hero at the end. He transfers into Miskatonic University after studying abroad and immediately starts shit with faculty member Carl Hill, accusing him of plagiarizing his work on brain death and teaching his students outdated theories.
also a known dick to pencils
Turns out there is a reason the little bastard is so brash, and it’s because he’s invented a serum that, when injected into a corpse’s brain steam, will bring it back to life. So far it’s worked on rabbits and cats, so it’ll probably work just as well on the stiffs down at the local morgue, right?
I don’t see why not
West ropes his new roommate, Dan Cain, the darling of the Miskatonic med school, into helping him gain access to the morgue and test his neon goo. Also brought into the fold is Megan Halsay, Cain’s hot fiancee and daughter of the school’s surly dean. Dean Halsay is already not too keen on Cain banging out his daughter on the reg, so you can imagine he’s more than a little purturbed when he finds out he’s also bringing her along to poke and prod at dead bodies.
Best date night EVER!
My favorite scene is when West tests his re-animation serum on Cain’s dead cat, Rufus. In a Pet Sematary homage, the cat comes back to life even more demonic than cats are normally. The two chase it around with a croquet mallet and baseball bat until thy finally make it explode by throwing it really hard against the wall:
Fuck you, demon toupee!
I don’t want to give much more away, but I will whet your whistle by letting you know that what ensues is plenty of re-animated corpses bleeding from each and every one of their orifices, guts spilling out by the bucket-full, and a dismembered zombie head going to town on a great pair of damsel boobs.
Baby, you’ve reanimated my heart ❤
Overall: 8
When it comes to zombies, I prefer rotting corpses brought back to life, as opposed to the ‘living dead’ model where people are turned after being infected by a virus. Because the zombie genre seems to be chalk full of these latter types, Re-Animator struck a chord within my stone cold heart. As mentioned, the gore for this movie is phenomenal; the make-up and special effects are top notch and the death scenes are really creative. If you are looking for a good old fashioned splatter fest, you’ve found it in Re-Animator.
CAMP GORE 