Hmmm, why would an UNRATED version of a movie be SHORTER than the RATED version? (My excuse is that this is the only version my local Blockbuster stocks, so there.)
Incredible makeup effects, a clever storyline, and an unbridled, off-the-radar sense of macabre humor make "Re-Animator" a slapstick treasure of the genre (it's far better than Sam Raimi's hopelessly overrated "Evil Dead"). Jeffrey Combs is brilliant as the Norman Bates-ish Herbert West, a medical student who's invented a serum that brings the dead back to life...sort of.
This version of the film is somewhat choppy, and the gore scenes are fairly obviously trimmed (the 'head-on-a-stick' scene isn't included), but I still found it absurdly entertaining. Off I go to find the special edition DVD... 3.5 stars out of 5
Incredible makeup effects, a clever storyline, and an unbridled, off-the-radar sense of macabre humor make "Re-Animator" a slapstick treasure of the genre (it's far better than Sam Raimi's hopelessly overrated "Evil Dead"). Jeffrey Combs is brilliant as the Norman Bates-ish Herbert West, a medical student who's invented a serum that brings the dead back to life...sort of.
This version of the film is somewhat choppy, and the gore scenes are fairly obviously trimmed (the 'head-on-a-stick' scene isn't included), but I still found it absurdly entertaining. Off I go to find the special edition DVD... 3.5 stars out of 5