Re-Animator

Theatrical - Wide 1985-10-18

Cast Jeffrey Combs Bruce Abbott Barbara Crampton David Gale Robert Sampson
Directed by Stuart Gordon

Box Office Gross: $2,027,771

Running Time: 86 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Empire Pictures

Genres: Comedy Horror

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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.

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