Cult horror movie about Doctor Herbert West/Jeffrey Combs attempting to crack the unfathomable secrets of death . Based on the frightening story by the undisputed expert of the terror H. P. Lovecraft titled "Herbert West, Re-Animator". The picture packs thrills, chills , terror , fantasy and lots of blood and gore . Furthermore , unrelenting twists and turns . Director Brian Yuzna joined with Stuart Gordon and Charles Band's Empire Pictures to create the company's first major hit , Re-Animator (1985) , based on the story by H. P. Lovecraft, which won a Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival . It's second outing in Reanimator trilogy formed by ¨Re-Animator¨ "Bride of Re-Animator" and "Beyond Re-animator" . Herbert Wise continues obsessed with the idea of overcoming the obstacle of death and determined to vindicate himself by backing up his ambitious theory , as he goes on his creepy activities , as become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation . One again odd scientist called Herbert Wise (Jeffrey Combs) along with his colleague (Bruce Abott) become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue . Herbert (Jeffrey Combs) finds an unexpected ally in the person of the young medical doctor Dan Cain. Herbert West is back and this time he not only re-animates life but creates life -sexy female life (Kathleen Kinmont)- in this follow-up to the immensely popular ¨Reanimator¨. There is also an instant animosity between West and faculty member Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale) who here appears beheaded . Date. Mate . Re-animate !. Til Death Do Us Part !. The creator of the original cult injects new life into body parts other films cannot reach... it's a Scream! H. P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror ! . Death Is Just The Beginning...Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders... And Another One In A Dish On His Desk It will scare you to pieces !. But For Dr. West, Death Is Only The Beginning !. Inject life into the dead !. The creator of the original cult injects new life into body parts other films cannot reach... it's a scream!. The Doctor Will See You Now. Death Is Just The Beginning...Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders... And Another One In A Dish On His Desk. . It will scare you to pieces !.
Herbert Wise/Jeffrey Combs stars an entirely Empire Pictures production with chills , tongue-in-cheek and loads of gore in this sequel loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror . In this second outing to the succesful trilogy about Herbert Wise he carries out more and more gruesome and sinister experiments . High camp and blood curling gore make this a standout horror movie . It is a frightening movie with plenty of thrills , chills , high body-count , hilarious scenes and lurid images with lots of blood and gore . In this sequel parade there're violent, offbeat , unpleasant events and resulting to be disappointing at times , but entertaining as well . Special effects are pretty well but there are several images without much sense and the interpretations are middling but acceptable . Available in a R-rated version too . Cast is pretty good , along with starring duo, Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , appearing other nice secondaries , such as : David Gale , Claude Earl Jones , Fabiana Udenio , Kathleen Kinmont , Mel Stewart , among others.
The original entry of the surprising trilogy was ¨Reanimator¨ (1985) by Stuart Gordon with Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , David Gale Barbara Crampton ; followed by ¨Bride of Re-Animator¨ (1990) by Brian Yuzna with Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott , Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio, David Gale . And ¨Beyond Reanimator¨ (2003) by Brian Yuzna , in which Herbert Wise is back , and this time he not only reanimates but creates life at a noisy prison , it stars Jason Barry , Elsa Pataky , Santiago Segura and Jeffrey Combs.
This horror movie was efficiently written/produced/directed by Brian Yuzna who along with Stuart Gordon are important American filmmakers expert on terror cinema , both of whom working for Castelao , Fantastic Factory or Filmax . It displays colorful and adequate cinematography by cameraman Mac Ahlberg , as well as impressive musical score by Richard Band . The motion picture was professionally shot by Brian Yuzna , a gore and guts expert director , such as : Faust , Dentist 1 and ,2 , Society, Bride of Reanimator . While Stuart Gordon helmed another H. P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Sonator (From Beyond) (1986) and tackled the murderous Dolls (1986) followed by Robot jox (1989). Gordon co-created the story for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) a major hit for Disney. The same year, he directed the remake and more graphic version of The pit and the pendulum (1991). Other works include Fortress (1992), and the screenplay for The Dentist (1996) and Body Snatchers (1993) . In 2001, Gordon returned to the H. P. Lovecraft territory with Dagon (2001), and in 2003, directed King of the Ants (2003) . Rating Bride of Re-Animator : 6/10. Decent and entertaining , acceptable and passable film , though contains some flaws and gaps .
Herbert Wise/Jeffrey Combs stars an entirely Empire Pictures production with chills , tongue-in-cheek and loads of gore in this sequel loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror . In this second outing to the succesful trilogy about Herbert Wise he carries out more and more gruesome and sinister experiments . High camp and blood curling gore make this a standout horror movie . It is a frightening movie with plenty of thrills , chills , high body-count , hilarious scenes and lurid images with lots of blood and gore . In this sequel parade there're violent, offbeat , unpleasant events and resulting to be disappointing at times , but entertaining as well . Special effects are pretty well but there are several images without much sense and the interpretations are middling but acceptable . Available in a R-rated version too . Cast is pretty good , along with starring duo, Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , appearing other nice secondaries , such as : David Gale , Claude Earl Jones , Fabiana Udenio , Kathleen Kinmont , Mel Stewart , among others.
The original entry of the surprising trilogy was ¨Reanimator¨ (1985) by Stuart Gordon with Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , David Gale Barbara Crampton ; followed by ¨Bride of Re-Animator¨ (1990) by Brian Yuzna with Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott , Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio, David Gale . And ¨Beyond Reanimator¨ (2003) by Brian Yuzna , in which Herbert Wise is back , and this time he not only reanimates but creates life at a noisy prison , it stars Jason Barry , Elsa Pataky , Santiago Segura and Jeffrey Combs.
This horror movie was efficiently written/produced/directed by Brian Yuzna who along with Stuart Gordon are important American filmmakers expert on terror cinema , both of whom working for Castelao , Fantastic Factory or Filmax . It displays colorful and adequate cinematography by cameraman Mac Ahlberg , as well as impressive musical score by Richard Band . The motion picture was professionally shot by Brian Yuzna , a gore and guts expert director , such as : Faust , Dentist 1 and ,2 , Society, Bride of Reanimator . While Stuart Gordon helmed another H. P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Sonator (From Beyond) (1986) and tackled the murderous Dolls (1986) followed by Robot jox (1989). Gordon co-created the story for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) a major hit for Disney. The same year, he directed the remake and more graphic version of The pit and the pendulum (1991). Other works include Fortress (1992), and the screenplay for The Dentist (1996) and Body Snatchers (1993) . In 2001, Gordon returned to the H. P. Lovecraft territory with Dagon (2001), and in 2003, directed King of the Ants (2003) . Rating Bride of Re-Animator : 6/10. Decent and entertaining , acceptable and passable film , though contains some flaws and gaps .