Amy Zuckerman
Santa Cruz Sentinel
May 4, 2026
The second movie is at least 10 times more disgusting than the first, but manages to supply almost enough funny lines to assuage your nausea.
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Paul Sherman
Boston Phoenix
Feb 12, 2026
The story doesn’t have enough twists to shake its Frankenstein roots, but West is still a great character... Too bad the great Barbara Crampton isn’t back to help re-animate this sequel into the original’s blend of horror, black comedy, and eroticism.
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Rob Lowing
The Sun-Herald (Australia)
Feb 12, 2026
2/4
Bride of Re-Animator is a living nightmare. As it's also a horror movie, that's a nice compliment.
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Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
Feb 12, 2026
The sequel is every bit as amusing as the original, though probably grislier.
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Betsy Sherman
Boston Globe
Feb 12, 2026
Brian Yuzna keeps the pace fast, if sometimes at the expense of coherence.
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Michael MacCambridge
Austin American-Statesman
Feb 12, 2026
2/4
Like most sequels it lacks the snap and bite of its predecessor.
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New York Daily News Staff
New York Daily News
Feb 12, 2026
3/4
The flick supplies many a darkly mirthful moment as it picks up steam on the way to a truly sicko finale. It operates simultaneously as a moral fable, medical satire, and over-the-top bad-taste orgy.
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Neil Jillett
The Age (Australia)
Feb 12, 2026
Like many sequels, 'Bride of Re-Animator' is not a patch on the original.
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Eleanor Ringel Cater
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12, 2026
The cast deliver their over-the-top-dialogue with perfect deadpan eloquence and the shock tactics, while not quite as memorable as in the original, will still give you pause.
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Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
Feb 12, 2026
The film as few surprises but delivers its gory goods with gusto.
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Hal Mattern
Arizona Republic
Feb 12, 2026
3/5
This one is almost as good as the original, if you like this sort of movie. It is a campy -- and gory -- takeoff on the Frankenstein story.
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Dave Gardetta
LA Weekly/Village Voice
Feb 12, 2026
Directed by Brian Yuzna, Bride is plagued by bad lighting, poor sound quality and Yuzna's inability to revive the gleeful anarchy that director Stuart Gordon gushed into the original.
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Keith L. Thomas
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12, 2026
Producer-director Brian Yuzna manages to capture the original's sense of goofy bloody mayhem.
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Rob Salem
Toronto Star
Feb 12, 2026
Bride is one of those rare sequels that is actually as good as -- and in some respects superior to -- its inspiration.
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Randall King
Winnipeg Sun
Feb 12, 2026
2.5/5
Perversely funny, but not as inspired as the original.
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Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12, 2026
Inferior (but still fun) sequel.
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Alan Jones
Radio Times
Feb 12, 2026
2/5
Nowhere near as impactful, witty or fresh as the original HP Lovecraft-based cult movie Re-Animator, director Brian Yuzna's gloriously gory sequel sadly ventures more into standard Frankenstein territory.
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Keri O'Shea
Warped Perspective
Feb 11, 2026
Ultimately, Bride of Re-Animator is fun, but it does drown in its jumble of different elements.
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Joel Harley
Starburst
Feb 11, 2026
As is the tradition with horror sequels, Bride of Re-Animator is essentially just a bigger, bloodier version of the first film. But it possesses enough invention and innovation that it’s more than just a re-tread.
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William Thomas
Empire Magazine
Feb 11, 2026
2/5
A curiously under-the-top picture, then, where monsters blunder about aimlessly and mad scientists exchange overheated dialogue in a manner we know all too well.
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