Re-Animator
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Re-Animator is a 1985 film about a brilliant but obsessed medical student who stumbles upon the secret to bringing the dead back to life. Based on the H. P. Lovecraft story Herbert West--Reanimator, it is the first in a series of three horror films.
- Directed by Stuart Gordon. Screenplay written by Stuart Gordon, William Norris, Dennis Paoli.
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[edit] Herbert West
- 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]
- 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 a bubble-headed co-ed. You're not even a second-rate scientist.
- You'll never get credit for my discovery. Who's going to believe a talking head? Get a job in a sideshow.
- I am not through here! I told you I have a theory: overdose!! [wields two full reagent hypodermics]
[edit] Other
- Mace: [regarding the morgue] Don't know why they keep locked doors around here. Nobody wants in, and ain't nobody gettin' out.
- Dr. Hill: Mister West. I suggest you get yourself a pen. [regarding the two pencils West has just deliberately snapped]
- Dan: This is a dream. Fiction. [Dan, referring to the death & reanimation of Dean Halsey]
- Dan: He's not insane. He's dead. [regarding Dean Halsey]
- Dr. Hill: Hmm. Interesting little la-bor-ah-tory you have here. [regarding West's basement lab]
- Dan: I love you. [whispered to Megan, in the film's final line.]
[edit] Dialogue
- Swiss Woman Doctor: You killed him!
- Herbert West: No I did not. I gave him life.
- Cain: What were you researching?
- West: Death.
- Megan: You... didn't say why you left Switzerland.
- West: There was nothing more I could learn there.
- Dan: You couldn't call, or write a note. [regarding the death of Rufus, his cat]
- West: I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know. And what would a note say, Dan? 'Cat dead; details later'?
- Dan: God, why does it make that sound? [as Rufus is being reanimated a second time]
- West: Birth is always painful.
- Dan: It was dead! [regarding the reanimated Rufus]
- West: Twice.
- Dan: Oh, man, if we get caught--
- West: Well, what will they do, embalm us?
- West: [reading toe tags in the morgue] Burn victim... Here's your meatball... Shotgun wound to the head...
- Dan: ...Aw, God, he's ripe!
- West: [singsong] ...Malpractice...!
- Dan: We failed. C'mon, let's go; somebody'll be coming any minute!
- West: [striking the corpse angrily] He failed! Not I!
- Dan: Herbert, you're insane, now what happened here?
- West: I had to kill him!
- Dan: What?? He's dead?
- West: ...Not anymore.
- Hill's Head: Weeeeesssssssst...
- West: Yes, doctor, it's Herbert West! What are you thinking?
- Hill's Head: Yoooooooouuuuu...
- West: [taking notes] You...
- Hill's Head: Baaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaard...!
[edit] Taglines
- H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of horror
- Death Is Just The Beginning...
- Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders... and another one on his desk.
- ...It will scare you to pieces.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Combs | Dr. 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 |
| Al Berry | Dr. Hans Gruber |
| Gerry Black | Mace (Miskatonic security guard) |
[edit] External links
- Re-Animator quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Re-Animator at StillTwitching.com
