Re-Animator (1985) movie poster

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.

Why it matters

Director

Stuart Gordon Stuart Gordon
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
100
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
71
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
14
Survival
66
LovecraftianMad ScientistZombie

Setting

HospitalLaboratory

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanizationAnimal HarmMedical Gore

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

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

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