Barbara Crampton, Bruce Abbott, David Gale
Scientist Herbert West has discovered a fluid which brings living tissue back to life. After the death of his professor, West moves to a new university to continue his research. He involves a fellow s...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 10, 1997
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October 4, 2009Lots of great ideas and fun gore, but it sort of falls into a liminal space as far as B-movies go. It's not quite competent enough to be a Raimi-level horror comedy, but too competent to be a kitschy camp classic. I think the fact that 2/3rds of the leads can't act (Jeffrey Combs...( read more)
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September 30, 2009Classic 80's horror with plenty of gore! Quite well acted too! Jeffrey Combs is cool.
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December 1, 2008Dan Cain: [meeting for the first time] So West, what kind of medicine are you involved in?
Herbert West: Death.
Now here is an entertaining horror flick from the 80s that doesn't take itself seriously, providing for the right kind of mood similar to the Evil Dead trilogy and Dea...( read more) -
October 22, 2008this cheesy 80's gorefest is really alot of fun! i wanna watch the sequels now!~ jeffrey coombs was fantastic in this
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October 5, 2008It's a fun, cheesy gore-flick. Lots of humor, skin and dismembered molestations.
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November 17, 2009Just an amazingly crazy movie. It feels like an evil Frankenstein movie, in which all of the subjects turn on the creator. Jeffrey Combs is one of the best elements of the movie, he totally sells the crazy scientist aspect. On top of that, he has a really likeable sarcastic-yet-c...( read more)
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October 31, 2009Dan Cain: "Is he dead?"
Herbert West: "Uhm...Not anymore!"
How funny to see that there is an other less famous character that was called Hans Gruber and he was a Swiss doctor!
This is a great horror flick, terribly bloody and awfully funny, definitely one ...( read more) -
October 29, 2009A solid start to this series. Modern day Frankenstein with a kind of sociopathic twist. I am very intrigued to see where these stories go now. Alos, this is a bit over the top to a nice humorous effect. Its entertaining, based on a Lovecraft story, and has cool physical effects.
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October 28, 2009Stuart Gordon on his first directorial outing manages to create one of the best horror films of the 80's. The film manages to blend chills, laughs, and gore seamlessly, and also features a career making performance by the one and only Jeffrey Combs. The less I say the better, jus...( read more)
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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April 22, 2007Definatly the best horror comedy ever made. Very twisted, scary and funny. Love it.
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