Bride of Re-Animator
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Movie Reviews of Bride of Re-Animator
Movie Review: Not your typical undead movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie when it was first released on VHS. I just purchased the other two movies in this series (Re-animator #1 and Beyond Re-animator #3)at a video store closing. Bride of Re-animator being #2.
So i had to order this from here.
I was not disapointed. It was a good as i remember. Cause sometimes you see a movie years later and say "I liked this?" This was just as good as I remembered.
Not for the squeamish. Herbert West is back trying to re-animate the dead. An old adversary is back too.
I recommend seeing Re-animator first cause this is it's sequal followed by Beyond Re-animator
Movie Review: "This is not just about re-animating the dead anymore. We can create new life!"
Summary: 4 Stars
I Love the Re-Animator films simply because of the hidden element of humor they contain. We try not to laugh at some of the cheesy zombie moments because we want to stay in a serious frame of mind but it's hardly possible when the zombies begin making one-liners and it becomes horribly noticeable that Herbert West is extremely dumb for a smart person. (I hope that makes since.) This movie takes place months after the Miskatonic Massacre in Arkham Massachusetts. West and Dan Cain are taking advantage of their new surrounding in a civil war in South America. Being doctor gives them access to all the dead bodies, fresh subjects, that can be used in their re-animation experiments. When things get bad, West and Cain pack up their bags and head back to Arkham. Here they become doctors at the local hospital, yet again very fortunate. This is where things begin to take off. West is stealing body parts and trying to get Dan to help him create a sort of Frankenstein monster. The real kicker is that the heart used for the gruesome experiment is the heart of Dan's deceased lover Meg. Unknowingly another doctor at the morgue, whom found a bottle of West's re-agent the night of the massacre, once again re-animates Dr. Hill from the first film. Hill wants revenge on West and in the final climax of the film when West and Cain's Frankenstein creation is born, Hill arrives to "crash" the party. This film is rather entertaining and extremely good for gore lovers. The only thing i wasn't so fond of at first is the fact that in the last movie they were struggling just to re-animate corpses and in this film they've actually made the transition of life creating. That would be cool but in the next film in the series West is pretty much back to Re-animation rather than recreation. So i'm gathering he didn't find his previous exploits successful. And is it just me or does Herbert West die at the end of each movie? If he's dead, how's there a sequel? They've worn this gimmick out. But rest assure Re-Animator fans, how much longer can it be until Jeffrey Combs dons the glasses and picks up the needle again? A sequel is long over due.
Movie Review: "You made me!!"
Summary: 4 Stars
A little time has passed and Miskatonic University has returned to a semblance of normalcy. Somehow or other Doctors Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) and Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) are back practicing medicine and mayhem in the halls of the college hospital. Megan Halsey, Cain's love from the first re-animator file lies dying and Cain is desperate to save her life - in a normal fashion. West, of course, has no such compunctions. He's down in their basement lab working on a whole new approach for gluing bits together (if you watch carefully, this film is rife with Frankenstein references).
The initial phases of the film are predictable, and every bit as hokey as the first, classic film. West scavenges parts where he may and glues them together in strange combinations. Lt. Chapham (Claude Jones) stalks the two medicos, determined to expose them for the fiends that drove his wife insane. And Dr. Graves (Mel Stewart) the coroner manages to revitalize Dr. Carl Hill's (David Gale) head and fix it up so that it can fly like a bat. In the midst of all this madness, Francesca Danelli (Fabiana Udenio) struts about being beautiful and partially undressed. Just like old times.
But suddenly the film takes a deeper turn during the frantic final sequences. Megan's head is used to complete Dr. Hill's eerie bride, and all the comedy replays the same serious questions that Mary Shelley's story raised a long time before. Is challenging the divine power of creation within man's capacity? What does the creator owe to one brought into existence. West refers to his creations as useless bits of tissue, but it is clear that they are not. The mixture of ethics and frantic humor is surprisingly engaging, and this film is almost as good as Re-animator. Take a look if you're in the mood for something strange.
Movie Review: Underrated sequel
Summary: 4 Stars
When going into Bride of Re-Animator, you have to accept a few facts. Stuart Gordon is not at the helm here (replaced by the series' producer Brian Yuzna), and much of the horriffic moments of the original film are absent as well. What you get instead is a pretty enjoyable, and pretty gross, sequel to the late 80's classic that is doesn't try to outdo the original. The film picks up months after the events of the first film, with Dr. Herbert West (the great Jeffrey Combs) and Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) still performing their experiments in bringing back the dead, and soon enough, plan to bring back Dan's dead girlfriend Meg using various body parts harvested from the morgue. Standing in their way though is a shady cop (Claude Earl Jones) who has a special interest in their work, and the return of the beheaded Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale) who has a score to settle with Dr. West. Featuring some great makeup and gore effects courtesy of Screaming Mad George and KNB Effects, Bride of Re-Animator features some imaginitive effects for the low budget it has, but what ultimately hurts the film is some non-sensical leaps in logic, plot holes, and some inconsistencies with the events of the first film. Despite all that though, Bride of Re-Animator is an underrated sequel to a splatter classic, and if you enjoyed the first film in the very least, this first sequel is worth a look.Movie Review: Enjoyable follow-up to a cult classic!
Summary: 4 Stars
After the original, Herbert West ( Jeffery Combs) and Dan Cain (Bruce Abbot)have returned from medical miltary duty in South America as they return back home as they have perfected their re-agent formula to continue experimentint. But Herbert however gets an idea to collect body parts especially the heart of Cain's old girlfriend "Meg" to create the perfect re-animated woman, however Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale) has been re-animated back to life by accident as he still has powers to control zombies and want revenge for what West did to him.
Not as great as the 1985 cult horror comedy masterpiece "Re-Animator" but really enjoyable! the acting is kind of average but there's nice splatter in this movie including a variety of odd re-animated critters like a finger creature with a human eye attached done by Screaming Mad George, David Allen (Puppet Master, Q The Winged Serpant and Young Sherlock Holmes). Like the original movie this has dark humor to propell along with gruesomeness, all in all is that it's not a bad follow-up but still worth watching.
This DVD is pratically bareboned with a alright transfer with no trailer! but that's ok, if you enjoyed the original then you'll probably like this one as well.