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Re-Animator

1985 ·1h 26m · ★ 7.0 (1,652)

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

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Director

Stuart Gordon Stuart Gordon
9 horror films in catalog
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
36
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
14
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
Discover with this DNA
LovecraftianMad ScientistZombie

Setting

HospitalLaboratory

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanizationAnimal HarmMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

amusedbased on short storyblack catblack humordead catdeathdecapitationexperimentinsanityintestinesmedical schoolmedical studentoverdosereanimated corpsereanimationsevered headsurgical operation

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