Movie Review Part 2

I realized I was too stricken by Barbara Crampton to explain the plot of Re-animator. Herbert West is a scientist from Switzerland who comes to the US after an experiment with his reanimation formula brings his dead professor back to life. Later on were lead to think that West may have killed the professor for the sake of ts4he experiment, bit this is never made clear. West becomes a roommate of fellow Miskatonic medical student Dan Cain. Cain is engaged to the deans daughter, Megan Halsey. West reanimated Cain's dead cat, demonstrating his drug's abilities. However the drug seems to cause the victim excruciating pain and makes them attack the living. To shorten the shortly, West has a feud with Dr. Hill, who is jealous of West's discovery. In a horrifyingly hilarious scene, West decapitates Hill who is reanimated and kidnaps Halsey. West and Cain go to rescue her only to be attacked by Hill's reanimated creatures. Cain escapes with Halsy's body and uses to formula to bring her back to life, leaving West's fate uncertain until the sequel.

I enjoy the fact that the movie keeps within the spirit of the short story which is a plus. The TnA aspect likely comes from the camp of the times which strangely enhances the film. It's a dumb schlock film with a lot of good things in it but I wish there was more ties to the Cthulhu universe. Of all his stories, not including the Dream Cycle, Re-animator stands as one of Lovecraft's stories that barely connects to his gods and monsters. It's better for that but as a fan I always look for connections.

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