horror film
based on the H. P. Lovecraft
story "Herbert West–Reanimator." Directed by Stuart Gordon
, it was the first film in the Re-Animator series. The film has since become a cult film
, driven by fans of Jeffrey Combs
(who stars as Herbert West
) and H. P. Lovecraft, extreme gore, and the combination of horror and comedy.
At Zurich University Institute of Medicine in Switzerland
, Herbert West brings his dead professor, Dr.
We can achieve every doctor's dream! You'll be famous, and live lifetimes. [whilst trying to convince Dan to assist in his research]
Do you agree he's dead now? [picks up the dead cat and drops it with a clunk] Do you agree that he's dead now?
Don't expect it to tango; it has a broken back. [regarding the dead cat he is reanimating]
Dan. [Dan turns to find West wielding a bone saw] Look out.
[Dean Halsey] interrupted an important experiment in progress! Granted, it was an accident, but this is the freshest body that we could come up with save for killing one ourselves and every moment we spend talking about it costs us results! Now will you give me a hand??
Yes... Parts. I've never done whole... parts. [whilst preparing to reanimate Hill's head and body]
Dan... Dan... Dan! [pulls Dan up and discovers a nasty head wound] ...Oh. Well, you'll be all right.
I must say, Dr. Hill, I'm very disappointed in you. You steal the secret of life and death and here you are, trysting with the bubble-headed co-ed. You're not even a second-rate scientist. [upon catching Hill's Head molesting Megan]
You'll never get credit for my discovery. Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow. [to Hill's Head]
I am not through here! I told you I have a theory: overdose!! [wields two full reagent hypodermics]