Movie
Re-Animator
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-10-18
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Empire Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West
- Bruce Abbott as Dan Cain
- Barbara Crampton as Megan Halsey
- David Gale as Dr. Carl Hill
- Robert Sampson as Dean Alan Halsey
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Dr. Harrod
- Peter Kent as Melvin the Re-Animated
- Ian Patrick Williams as Swiss Professor
- Bunny Summers as Swiss Woman Doctor
- Al Berry as Dr. Gruber
- Barbara Pieters as Nurse
- Annyce Holzman as E-R Patient Corpse
Crew
- Stuart Gordon - Director
- Dennis Paoli - Writer
- William Norris - Writer
- Stuart Gordon - Writer
- H.P. Lovecraft - Story
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