Fresh
The over-the-top acting that Gordon encouraged in Re-Animator is continued here with Combs particularly adept at the darkly comic throwaway line.
Variety Staff, Variety
Bride of Re-Animator
Date. Mate. Re-animate.
1990 · 1h 36m · R
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Brian Yuzna
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Bride of Re-Animator
Overview
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.
Director and cast
- Brian Yuzna Director
- Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Herbert West
- Bruce Abbott as Dr. Dan Cain
- Claude Earl Jones as Lt. Leslie Chapham
- Fabiana Udenio as Francesca Danelli
- David Gale as Doctor Carl Hill
- Kathleen Kinmont as Gloria
- Mel Stewart as Dr. Graves
- Irene Cagen as Nurse Shelley
- Michael Strasser as Ernest
- Mary Sheldon as Meg Halsey
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The excessive blood-spurting gruesomeness and cartoonish stop-motion effects trivialise the horror and undercut the would-be black humour in this travestied sequel to Stuart Gordon's hugely enjoyable film.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
Less a sequel to the critically praised 1985 horror film Re-Animator than a rehash based on the same H. P. Lovecraft stories.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Brian Yusna has replaced Stuart Gordon in the director's chair, without bringing new life to the affair. Even the jokes in the Woody Keith/Rick Fry screenplay seem refried, suggesting that all too much of this Bride is old and borrowed...
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
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