Re-Animator
- Release Date
- October 18, 1985
- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Cast
- Jeffrey Combs , Bruce Abbott , Barbara Crampton , David Gale , Robert Sampson , Gerry Black
- Runtime
- 86
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Writers
- H.P. Lovecraft , Dennis Paoli , William Norris , Stuart Gordon
- Tagline
- Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders... and another on his desk.
Summary
In this H.P. Lovecraft tale, Herbert West is a Swiss scientist who has discovered a fluid which brings dead tissue back to life. After the suspicious death of his professor in Switzerland, West moves to Miskatonic University to continue his research. He involves fellow student Dan Cain and his fiancée Megan Halsey in his research by experimenting on their dead cat. Dan, fascinated by West's research, agrees to smuggle him into the hospital morgue with predictable results.
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