Herbert West (Jeffery Combs) has found the secret to eternal life--or so he thinks. West needs fresh cadavers to continue his experiments in the re-animation of dead tissue, so he enlists the help of young medical student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) to steal bodies from the local morgue. Despite all the warning signs of failure, the eccentric West's research continues. The results are crazed zombies that roam the streets, severed heads that talk, murder, madness, and chaos, all in the name of science, of course. Director Stuart Gordon's film debut, an adaptation of the short story by H.P. Lovecraft, is a masterpiece of ghoulish fun. Graphic special effects, good scripting, and perfectly over-the-top performances make RE-ANIMATOR a classic horror film in the tradition of THE EVIL DEAD and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD.

In Stuart Gordon's RE-ANIMATOR, a demented medical student develops a serum that can bring human corpses back to life, but the re-animated carcasses turn spastically violent in this smart, gore-strewn, tongue-in-cheek schlocker based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft.

Theatrical release: September 14, 1985.

RE-ANIMATOR was Stuart Gordon's first feature film after establishing the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.

The film is based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.

Miskatonic University is an invention by H.P. Lovecraft and is used in many of his works.

The film's main theme is an adaptation of Bernard Herrmann's score for PSYCHO.

Excerpt: "What if we get caught?"--Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott)
"What'll they do? Embalm us?"--Herbert West (Jeffery Combs)

"Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow."--Herbert West

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Letterbox - 1.85
Disc 1:
Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround - English
Isolated 2.0 Stereo Music Score
Original Mono Soundtrack
THX Approved
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary:
1. Stuart Gordon - Director
2. Brian Yuzna - Producer
3. Jeffrey Combs - Actor
4. Robert Sampson - Actor
5. Barbara Crampton - Actor
6. Bruce Abbott - Actor
Interactive Features:
24 Chapters with Motion Images
Disc 2:
Dual Layer
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
16 Extended Scenes
Music Discussion with Composer Richard Band
New Video Interviews:
1. Stuart Gordon - Director
2. Brian Yuzna - Producer
3. Dennis Paoli - Writer
4. Richard Band - Composer
5. Tony Timpone - Fangoria Editor
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
2. 5 TV Spots
Interactive Features:
Animated Motion Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
Multi-Angle Story Boards
Biographies:
1. Cast
2. Filmmakers
Filmographies:
1. Cast
2. Filmmakers

Jeffrey Combs: Actor/"From Beyond"
Bruce Abbott: Actor/"Bad Dreams"
Barbara Crampton: Actress/"From Beyond"
David Gale: Actor, THE RE-ANIMATOR
Robert Sampson: TV Actor

Stuart Gordon: Director/Screenwriter

Brian Yuzna: Director/Screenwriter/Prod.

Dennis Paoli: Screenwriter, HP LOVECRAFT'S RE-ANIMATOR (1985)
William J. Norris: SCREENWRITER\RE-ANIMATOR
Stuart Gordon: Director/Screenwriter

"...[The film] zips along, making full use of the inventive effects..."
"...Everyone involved is first-rate..."
"...The movie itself remains eye-popping in every sense of the phrase..."
4 stars out of 5 -- "Goth, funny and camp as hell, with all previously cut scenes now included, this is a classic of the genre."
"REANIMATOR has as much originality as it has gore, and that's really saying something....A fast pace and a good deal of grisly vitality..."