Re-Animator (1985, U.S.)

Apparently cats do have more than one life. Re-Animator was a well done, funny, and often suspenseful Zombie movie.

Herbert West, played by Jeffrey Combs, is kicked out of a Swiss university after his involvement in the death of his mentor. He continue his studies in the United States – but little do his acquaintances know that West has discovered a serum that brings the dead back to life… with terrible consequences… Dan Cain, a local medical student, lets West rent a room from him. After West sets up a lab in the cellar, Cain and his girlfriend Megan become involved in a bizarre experiment in reanimating the dead. Cain starts the fun by reanimating Cain’s dead cat, and then eventually moves on to other, larger, things. After Megan’s father, who also happens to be in charge of the medical school Cain and West attend, is told of the experiments, things go from bad to worse, with a hilarious twist. The movie, based on an H.P. Lovecraft story, is a well rounded firm, with good amounts of gore, suspense, sex, and humor.

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