Re-Animator

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Re-Animator

1985,

1h 26m,

Horror/

Comedy

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88%

135 Reviews

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82%

25,000+ Ratings

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135 Reviews

82%

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25,000+ Ratings

A medical student (Jeffrey Combs) brings his headless professor back from the dead with a special serum.

Critics Consensus

Perfectly mixing humor and horror, the only thing more effective than Re-Animator's gory scares are its dry, deadpan jokes.

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Bernard Zuel

Sydney Morning Herald

Apr 23, 2026

This is a grisly, bizarre and breathless jaunt.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

Jan 5, 2026

The whole thing has a delirious quality about it you are likely to either love or hate.

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

Oct 16, 2025

This is just good, evil fun.

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Mary MacGoris

Irish Independent

May 4, 2026

The thing is ludidrous but repellant, and I regret to say that the end keeps options open for a sequel.

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Mike Studley

Liverpool Echo

May 4, 2026

Jeffrey Combs is delightfully fiendish.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

Feb 27, 2026

A mad scientist riff which replaces Mary Shelly’s melodramatic angst with giddy gore. Rarely has the grotesque looked like so much fun.

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Harry W

Feb 16, 2019

A real classic. I remember this film years after I first watched it.

Rey S

Feb 5, 2019

Way out there. Grotesque while being funny. Check it out.

Draco G

Jan 24, 2019

It is campy and funny in its delight in ghoulishness!

Hagrid R

Jan 17, 2019

Funny, scary and genius! A perfect mix for a Great Horror movie!

Kylo P

Jan 16, 2019

Fun and campy. Jeffery Combs is definitely the standout performance.

Rey S

Jan 5, 2019

STRENGTHS: Great humour, and I'd you can appreciate gory practical effects you will love it ten fold. A good modern retelling of hp lovecrafts story and great acting for the most part. Especially herbert west WEAKNESSES: I do not enjoy megs performance and some minor plot holes can be found, but none which take away enjoyment of the film. A little more explanation for the serums different effects would have been much appreciated.

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Synopsis

A medical student (Jeffrey Combs) brings his headless professor back from the dead with a special serum.

Director: Stuart Gordon
Producer: Charles Band, Brian Yuzna
Screenwriter: Stuart Gordon, William Norris, Dennis Paoli
Production Co: Empire Pictures
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M
Runtime: 1h 26m

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