"I gave him life!"
Grab your syringes, lock the morgue doors, and for the love of God keep your head attached! This week Midnight Cinema is injecting itself straight into the cult-splattered madness of Re-Animator.
Art and Erik dive headfirst Stuart Gordon's gloriously unhinged 1985 adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft, the film that taught us two important lessons:
medical ethics are optional, and
dead bodies do not appreciate unsolicited resurrection.
Jeffrey Combs delivers an all-time performance as Herbert West, a brilliant, abrasive, morally bankrupt mad scientist armed with glowing green serum and absolutely zero chill. What follows is a splatter-soaked descent into severed heads, unearned confidence, and medical schools that really should have better security.
We're covering it all, including:
Jeffrey Combs going full iconic maniac and never blinking
The immortal Herbert West sass ("Cat dead. Details later.")
Practical effects that ooze, squirm, and explode with pure '80s confidence
Dan Cain: the most stressed med student in cinema history
THAT head… you know the one
Barbara Crampton enduring more horror nonsense than any human should
Stuart Gordon's perfect balance of splatter, satire, and Lovecraftian chaos
Why this movie still feels dangerous, funny, and totally unhinged decades later
From the morgue slab to the operating table to the streets of Arkham-adjacent madness, Re-Animator remains a punk-rock horror classic — mean, messy, hilarious, and absolutely not FDA-approved.
And if you make it through medical school without being decapitated, reanimated, or stalked by a glowing syringe, come hang with us for more late-night deep dives into cult classics, splatter legends, and all the wonderfully unhinged cinema we adore at midnightcinemapod.com
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