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| Credits | |
| Title: | Re-Animator |
| Director: | Stuart Gordon |
| Writers: | Dennis Paoli; William J. Norris; Stuart Gordon |
| Producers: | Bruce William Curtis; Michael Avery; Brian Yuzna; Bob Greenberg; Charles Donald Storey |
| Composer: | Richard Band |
| Cinematography: | Mac Ahlberg; Robert Ebinger |
| Editors: | Lee Percy |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Empire Pictures |
| Released: | October 18th, 1985 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 95 min. (R-rated vesion) 86 min. (Edited version) |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $900,000 [1][2] |
| Gross: | $2,023,414 (US) [2] |
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Re-Animator is an American horror film of the science fiction and zombie horror subgenres. It was directed by Stuart Gordon for Empire Pictures and based on the short story Herbert West, Re-Animator by H. P. Lovecraft. The movie spawned two direct-to-video sequels as well as several comic book tie-in titles.
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Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Combs | Herbert West |
| Bruce Abbott | Dan Cain |
| Barbara Crampton | Megan Halsey |
| David Gale | Doctor Carl Hill |
| Robert Sampson | Dean Alan Halsey |
| Gerry Black | Mace, Miskatonic security |
| Carolyn Purdy-Gordon | Doctor Harrod |
| Peter Kent | Melvin, the Re-Animated |
| Barbara Pieters | Nurse |
| Ian Patrick Williams | Swiss professor |
| Bunny Summers | Swiss doctor |
| Al Berry | Doctor Gruber |
| Derek Pendleton | Swiss policeman #1 |
| Gene Scherer | Swiss policeman #2 |
| James Ellis | Psycho ward guard #1 |
| James Earl Cathay | Psycho ward guard #2 |
| Annyce Holzman | ER patient corpse |
| Velvet Debois | Slit wrist girl corpse |
| Lawrence Lowe | Failed operation corpse |
| Robert Holcomb | Motorcycle accident corpse |
| Mike Filloon | Facial bullet-wound coprse |
| Greg Reid | One-armed man corpse |
| Jack Draheim | Tall, skinny guy corpse |
| Robert Pitzele | Bald OR corpse |
| Kim Deitch | Bald doctor |
| Greg Robbins | Hospital patient |
Notes[]
- Copyright holder: © 1985, Re-Animator Productions, Inc. / PA-293-304. [1]
- Re-Animator was filmed on set at Los Angeles, California. [1]
- During production, Mac Ahlberg replaced Robert Ebinger as director of photography.
- Banned in Sweden.
- Re-Animator grossed $543,728 in the United States over it's opening weekend and was screened in 129 theaters. [1]
- Closed out of theaters on November 7th, 1985. It was in release for a total of twenty-one days (three weeks). [2]
Trivia[]
- This is the first feature film for director Stuart Gordon. Previously, Gordon directed the 1979 television movie Bleacher Bums, which was based on a play by Dennis Franz and Joe Mantegna.
- One of the stunt performers in this movie is George P. Wilbur who has worked on numerous horror films. He played the role of Michael Myers in 1995's Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers.
- This is the first sci-fi/horror film work for assistant director Tim Minear.
Taglines[]
- H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror
- 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.
- Death Is Just The Beginning...
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