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Re-Animator

Re-Animator

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Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

October 18, 1985 · Directed by Stuart Gordon

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Runtime1h 26m
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Cast & crew

Jeffrey Combs
Herbert West
Bruce Abbott
Dan Cain
Barbara Crampton
Megan Halsey
David Gale
Dr. Carl Hill
Robert Sampson
Dean Alan Halsey
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Dr. Harrod
Peter Kent
Melvin the Re-Animated
Ian Patrick Williams
Swiss Professor
Bunny Summers
Swiss Woman Doctor
Al Berry
Dr. Gruber
Barbara Pieters
Nurse
Annyce Holzman
E-R Patient Corpse

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