Re-Animator (1985) movie poster

Re-Animator (1985)

"Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk."
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👍 91%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 81%
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Director
Stuart Gordon
Runtime
1h 26m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (1,646 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
73

Cast

Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West · 72% avg
Bruce Abbott as Dan Cain
Barbara Crampton as Megan Halsey · 72% avg
David Gale as Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson as Dean Alan Halsey
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Dr. Harrod · 80% avg
Peter Kent as Melvin the Re-Animated (uncredited)
Ian Patrick Williams as Swiss Professor (uncredited)

Is Re-Animator good?

Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 81%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#32 / 1040 · Science Fiction
Rank in its year
#6 / 60 · 1985
On ThumbScore's lists
Best Free Sci-Fi Movies on Hoopla (#1) · 25 Best Free Sci-Fi Movies on Tubi (#3) · Best Free Horror Movies on Hoopla (#4) · Top 250 Movies of All Time (#178)

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Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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In The Guyver (1991), Jeffrey Combs makes a brief appearance as a character named Doctor East. This is a nod to Combs' character Doctor Herbert West from Re-Animator (1985). Brian Yuzna produced The Guyver as well as the Re-Animator movies, even directing the second and third instalments.
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Suitable Flesh (2023), the building used for the exterior shots of Arkham Medical School is the same building used in Re-Animator (1985). The original building is the James W. Wadsworth building in Los Angeles (also pictured)
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