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After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue. (NR, 105 min.)
9:00 PM
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RE-ANIMATOR is the ultimate 1980s body horror experience, a joyously grotesque peer of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND, and Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) is a new student at Miskatonic University. He also moonlights as a mad scientist, intent on perfecting a serum that “re-animates” corpses. Soon, everyone wants a piece of the action, including an evil professor and his army of neon-slimed deadites. With berserker direction from Stuart Gordon, career-defining roles from genre icons Barbara Crampton and Combs, and a scene of two adults chasing an undead cat in a basement, RE-ANIMATOR isn’t just a masterpiece of the horror genre—it’s a masterpiece of life. [AGFA]
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Director: Stuart Gordon
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
"A hilariously gross 1985 indie classic."
— Dann Gire, Chicago Daily Herald
"What comes out the other side is pure, disreputable zombie fun."
— Sean Fennessey, The Ringer
"A bona fide classic of '80s horror, and one of the funniest splatter-comedies of all time."
— Austin Trunick, Under the Radar
"Cult 80's mad scientist sci-fi-horror-comedy based on the novella Herbert West-Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft."
— Alix Turner, Ready Steady Cut
"It's remarkable that, over [40] years since its release, Re-Animator still stands as the best film-adaptation of any H.P. Lovecraft story to date."
— Sol Harris, Starburst
"A deliciously goopy romp featuring a pitch perfect performance by Jeffrey Combs. Balances its ick factor with great FX and hearty laughs."
— Joe Lipsett, Horror Queers Podcast
"Most genre filmmakers go their whole careers without making something have as delirious and dazzling as Stuart Gordon did right in his debut."
— Tim Brayton, Alternate Ending
"An all-time classic of the horror world, slapping an added level of gore and dark humour to the already bloodstained landscape of 1980s horror."
— Andrew Pollard, Starburst
"This is one of the greatest films ever made. Period. It's outrageous, erotic, gory, jaw-dropping, genre-busting ,shocking, and altogether exhilarating filmmaking."
— Brian Holcomb, PopMatters
"A ground-breaking horror/black comedy that reintroduced HP Lovecraft to a new generation, and set a new level as to how far on-screen outrageousness could go."
— Keith Bailey, Radio Times
"The picture is close to being a silly ghoulie classic -- the bloodier it gets, the funnier it is. This is the same blood that flows through the Hammer horror movies; it’s theatre-of-the-absurd blood, slapstick blood."
— Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
"To call 'Re-Animator' campy and leave it at that seems a knee-jerk reaction to discredit, or disregard, the clear skill behind an excellent American horror movie. Even at its most outrageous, it's controlled by a steady, confident hand with a plan."
— Nick Rogers, Midwest Film Journal
