Re-animator

UPC: 790594432423

Studio: Elite

Summary: Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a brilliant medical student who has perfected a green-glowing serum for regenerating life into dead things -- or even parts of dead things. But a corrupt superior, Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale), assumes control of West's experiments and winds up, by ghastly necessity, using the stuff on his own severed head and body. West and in-over-his-head co-worker Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) struggle to control the now out-of-control effects of the serum, but the bone-saws and zombies complicate their plans. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi

Category: Horror

Features: Digitally remastered unrated edition in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1
Two full-running audio commentary tracks by Stuart Gordon, Brian Yuzna, and the original cast
Over 20 minutes of additional R-rated footage, including a never-before-seen "dream sequence"
Theatrical trailer and television spots

Re-animator

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/30/2001

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, 1 USA & territories, Canada

Runtime: 86 Minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Robert Firsching

This raw, bloody, low-budget horror-comedy was loosely based on stories by H.P. Lovecraft. The story deals with college med students reviving dead bodies with a serum which accidentally turns them into violent, bloodthirsty zombies. Jeffrey Combs is perfect as the obsessed Dr. West, and Bruce Abbott makes a good naive straight-man for Combs' nerdy lunatic. The late David Gale stands out as the jealous Dr. Hill, who ends up decapitated, then re-animated and wandering around with his head in his hands, only to perform a particularly foul act upon nude scream-queen Barbara Crampton. Director Stuart Gordon stages some impressive gore scenes and some very funny gallows humor; many consider Re-Animator as the best American splatter comedy of the '80s. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Derek Pendleton  Actor 
Barbara Peters  Actor 
Stephen Keinzle  Actor 
Jerry Thomas  Actor 
James Earl Cathay  Actor 
Peter Kent  Actor 
Steve Frakes  Actor 
Mike Filloon  Actor 
Greg Robbins  Actor 
Al Berry  Actor 
Robert Holcomb  Actor 
Bunny Summers  Actor 
Kim Deitch  Actor 
Tom Reeves  Actor 
James Ellis  Actor 
Ed Brummett  Actor 
Peter Marti  Actor 
Annyce Holzman  Actor 
Ian Williams  Actor 
Jack Draheim  Actor 
Greg Reid  Actor 
Gene Scherer  Actor 
Bruce Cohn Curtis  Actor 
Robert Pitzele  Actor 
Lawrence Lowe  Actor 
Michael Muscal  Actor 
Bob Johnnene  Actor 
Robert Veilleuz  Actor 
Velvet de bois  Actor 
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon  Actor 
Lillian Avery  Actor 
Grace Keller  Actor 
Tim White  Actor 
Richard H. Band  Composer (Music Score) 
Stuart Gordon  Director 
Stuart Gordon  Screenwriter 
William J. Norris  Screenwriter 
Dennis Paoli  Screenwriter 
Brian Yuzna  Producer 
Michael Avery  Executive Producer 
Bruce Curtis  Executive Producer 
Jeffrey Combs  Actor 
Bruce Abbott  Actor 
Barbara Crampton  Actor 
Robert Sampson  Actor 
David Gale  Actor 
Gerry Black  Actor 

Country: USA