Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a Swedish scientist who has arrived in America to continue his quest to re-animate the dead. He was a pupil of Dr. Hans Gruber--no, not the bad guy from Die Hard played by Alan Rickman--until Hans Gruber "died." I put "died" in quotes because there's really no way to know if perhaps Dr. West killed him to test his re-animation serum.
"Re-animator" is a light horror and moderately bloody movie about the fancies of a mad scientist named Herbert West. He is obsessed with trying to bring living organisms back to life and he's right on the precipice of being able to do so. I mean, he can do it, it's just that the organisms tend to be extremely violent once re-animated.
This movie isn't taking home any awards, though it is entertaining. But if there could be an award for smartest character in a scary movie then the security guard would get that award. In the penultimate scene when all of these naked, violent, re-animated bodies are wreaking havoc in the morgue the security guard does the single most intelligent thing: he runs away. He had a gun too. So, all you security guards out there take note; don't investigate, don't play hero, don't stick around out of fealty when you're earning minimum wage--get the heck out of there. That act alone made me appreciate the movie.
"Re-animator" is a light horror and moderately bloody movie about the fancies of a mad scientist named Herbert West. He is obsessed with trying to bring living organisms back to life and he's right on the precipice of being able to do so. I mean, he can do it, it's just that the organisms tend to be extremely violent once re-animated.
This movie isn't taking home any awards, though it is entertaining. But if there could be an award for smartest character in a scary movie then the security guard would get that award. In the penultimate scene when all of these naked, violent, re-animated bodies are wreaking havoc in the morgue the security guard does the single most intelligent thing: he runs away. He had a gun too. So, all you security guards out there take note; don't investigate, don't play hero, don't stick around out of fealty when you're earning minimum wage--get the heck out of there. That act alone made me appreciate the movie.