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Re-Animator

Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk.

Oct 18, 1985 1h 26mScience FictionComedyHorror
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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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$2M
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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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Re-Animator returned 2.3× its budget worldwide.

Budget
$900,000
Opening weekend
Domestic gross
International gross
Worldwide gross
$2M
Release date
Oct 18, 1985
Runtime
1h 26m
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Language
English
Country
United States of America

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