Bride of Re-Animator
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Movie Reviews of Bride of Re-Animator
Movie Review: Lovecraft's "Frankenstein"
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, basing this on the quality of Lovecraft screenplays, and taking into account the budget et al, this movie definitely holds its own. It's not the genre's fault that the only people brave enough to pick up the ultimate master of horror's gauntlet are the lower budget variety (sorry, Gordon and Yunza, no offense intended). Of course Jeffry Combs steals the show, as usual. This movie is loosely based on Herbert West, Reanimator, and does have a very well done Lovecraftian mood throughout the whole film. Defintely one of the "must watch" movies in the Lovecraft arena. Watch it, buy it, own it. Three tentacles up!
Movie Review: "The only blasphemy is to wallow in insignificance."
Summary: 3 Stars
Director/producer Brian Yunza revives his characters from 1985's Re-Animator with this tongue in cheek splatter fest homage to The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). But where The Bride of Frankenstein actually succeeded its' predecessor (in the opinion of many), The Bride of Re-Animator falls a little short.
Returning are now doctors Herbert West (Jeffery Combs), Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), and even Doctor Carl Hill (David Gale) makes an appearance, despite the fact he has no body (see the first movie). The film tries to build on the original showing doctors West and Cain, nine months after the hospital massacre in the first movie, working in Peru on the bloody frontlines of a civil war, still experimenting with the luminous, green life-giving juice. The notion is that in this backwater part of the world, they can work unfettered, not bothered by legal constraints. Things get a little hairy, and the boys decide to return stateside, working at the hospital with the first unpleasantness took place (I guess the hospital administrators have short memories). Taking up residence in a house that was once a mortuary, located next to a cemetery, the doctors continue their work with creating life, using various body parts from the hospital morgue. Dan is reluctant, but Herbert proposes they create a woman, using various body parts, centered around the heart of Dan's deceased girlfriend, Meg, who bit the big one in the first movie. Weird experiments and bloody body parts fill the screen, as a police lieutenant with a personal stake continues the investigation of what originally happened even though the case has been officially closed. Even the head of Dr. Hill makes a kept alive with the living giving juice. Do Herbert and Dan succeed in bring Meg back to life from spare parts? From the title of the movie, you'd think so, but their creation is less than perfect...the movie may not be up to par with the original, but there is a really great scene where Herbert Combs goes into a nice rant about picking up where God left off, taking the refuse that is humanity and creating new life. Seeing that scene alone was worth watching this movie.
I did like this film, but felt little of what made the first so enjoyable. If they were going to make a sequel, it was only natural to take the course that the filmmakers did, but I wish they would have infused more of a story into the film, and not gone whole hearted campy on us. The first movie did have its' humor, but it was well balanced with the rest of the story. I know sequels are rarely as good as the movie that spawned them, but I did have high hopes here. There's plenty of gore and blood, if you enjoy that kind of thing, but the movie is light on story. I felt much of it was patched together, tying elements together with the weakest of threads. The story may not hold up well, but it was fun to watch, especially the effects of Screaming Mad George and K.N.B. EFX Group.
My real disappointment is with Artisan, the company that released this disc. There are absolutely no special features, and all we are provided with is a full screen format. This movie was released on DVD before by Pioneer Video, loaded with special features, including two separate versions (one being a minute longer than the other), deleted scenes, bloopers, photo galleries, production information, commentary, and more. Also, the original release had both full screen and wide screen letterbox format, while we only get full screen here. You may be able to find that release, but you will most likely have to pay a premium, at least for a nice copy. This film was followed by a third movie, Beyond Re-Animator (2003).
Cookieman108
Movie Review: More luminous serum into dead people and body parts.
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the sequel to Re-Animator (1985) made five years later.
Jeffrey Combs returns as the mad doctor, Herbert West.
With his colleague Dr. Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) they are now in Peru, set eight months later after the massacre they created at Miskatonic Medical School. They go back to Miskatonic Hospital where Dr. West is once again testing his luminous serum on dead people and dismembered body parts.
Dave Gale returns as the without-a-body Dr. Hill.
DVD contains no extras or bonuses. Just "Play" and "Scenes".
Followed by:
Beyond Re-Animator (2003).
Movie Review: not like the original
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this movie because i love the first reanimator.i saw this wasnt directed by stuart gordan but i was gonna watch it anyway.its a good movie but the story lags a few times.the gore and stuff are good though but this dvd version is the absolute bare bones,although i hear there a special edition you can buy used on amazon.i recomend this movie to fans of reanimator because it expands on the story on the first and you can see what happens to the characters after the end of the first film.its not a bad movie just not a classic like the original.Movie Review: Date. Mate. Regurgitate.
Summary: 2 Stars
Stuart Gordon's 1985 flick RE-ANIMATOR is one of the few genre flicks that successfully combines high-camp horror with bawdy sexual humor and comes out with a cult classic. But where Gordon's work triumphs, Brian Yuzna's 1990 sequel, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, proportionally fails. The gore, the nudity, and the sexual innuendo are blatantly gratuitous, and even strong performances from stars Jeffrey Combs (as mad scientist Herbert West) and Bruce Abbott (as Dan Cain, West's protégé) can't hide the fact that the humor is no longer as glib and flippant as in the first film and instead seems painfully contrived. And ardent fans of Gordon's film will be peeved when they see that Yunza has ignored basic plot points of the first, especially in the unexplained revival of a key character killed in the first (i.e., Herbert West himself) and the apparent demise of one saved at the first film's climax (i.e., Cain's girlfriend, Megan Halsey).
The FX work in BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR is a real mixed bag, and overall, FX fans will come away disappointed. But one make-up worth noting is the Frankenstein-ish body-suit work done for the re-animated character played by the attractive Kathleen Kinmont. The exposed muscles, tissues, and organs look gruesomely realistic and should delight gore fans and necrophiliacs alike.
The DVD from Artisan will disappoint even the most avid fans of this dreadful sequel. The original film was shot on 35mm film in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio, but the filmmaker's intentions were for the film to be "matted" and viewed at an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Unfortunately, Artisan caters to the couch-potato mentality and presents the film on DVD in the 1.33:1 format in which the film was shot. While nothing is missing (it is 1.33:1 but NOT pan-and-scan), the film is still being presented contrary to the vision of its creators. And on top of that, Artisan doesn't offer any extra parts (i.e., bonus material)! Herbert West would be mortified.