Beyond Re-Animator

The mad scientist is back in a sequel that was not screened before press time.

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You're Next

What begins on a familiar slasher/home-invasion note quickly escalates into a hellishly suspenseful, take-zero-prisoners affair.

"...skill Wingard and his actors (among them Crampton, of Re-Animator fame) evince that the oft-improvised dinner-party dialogue between Swanberg..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...that Barrett had run into her old friend and Re-Animator/From Beyond director Stuart Gordon at that very festival. She..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Animals are Coming: 'You're Next' Early Screening

Stars AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton coming to town

"...energy Sharni Vinson and modern godmother of horror Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond, The Lords of Salem.)..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Time to Re-Learn Your 'ABCs'

Magnet announces 'ABCs of Death 2' loaded with Fantastic Fest faves

May 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dagon

This H.P. Lovecraft-inspired fish story is so extreme that it borders on camp.

"...Yuzna -- the filmmakers whose very first feature film Re-Animator in 1985 attained instant cult status and remains to..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fortress

"...a nifty resume behind him (he directed the stunning Re-Animator and From Beyond in the mid-Eighties, as well as..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Society

In this British thriller, a kid discovers that the members of his wealthy, Beverly Hills family may not be what they seem.

"...who last year directed the moderately entertaining Bride of Re-Animator, and co-produced Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, has..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Edmond

William H. Macy stars in this film penned by David Mamet about one man's long night's journey of the soul.

"...actors and the always interesting participation of director Gordon (Re-Animator), this indie production can’t rise above the level of..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Senseless

"...serum that looks suspiciously like the resurrecting agent from Re-Animator, Darryl's five senses are instantly heightened tenfold, giving him..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Frighteners

"...turn from Fox, and an incredible, scene-stealing performance from Re-Animator cult fave Jeffery Combs (who manages to turn peering..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

DVDanger: Stuart Gordon Plays with Dolls

Horror pioneer talks Disney, fairy tales, and tiny terrors

"...Between Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dagon, director Stuart Gordon is the..."

Nov. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Gundam toy animé.

"...to this chintzy exercise in metallic sucker-punching. Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) attempted to appropriate something akin to the Gundam universe..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ruins

Four friends on a Mexican vacation discover something evil among the Mayan ruins.

"...à la Lovecraft, who, apart from filmmakers Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) and Andrew Leman (whose expressionistic, black-and-white short "The Call..."

April 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sleepy Hollow

"...Crane (Depp, taking his cues from Jeffrey Combs in Re-Animator, I think) from recalcitrant New England schoolmarm to New..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dead Alive

The Citizen Kane of Oedipal zombie-cannibal-right to death-comedy-love stories. In this early film, Jackson takes the shopworn flesh-eating zombie genre by its rotting horns, adds a dash of Monty Python, and comes up with a film so gleefully over-the-top that it's decidedly hard not to gag while you're laughing yourself incontinent.

"...hell breaks loose in a 30-minute climax that makes Re-Animator look like Captain Kangaroo on a bad hair day...."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFS Presents H.P. Lovecraft Double-Bill

The Old Ones return, potentiality for sudden audience insanity high

"...HPL's original Weird Tales. We still love Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator and Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die!, but if we're..."

Aug. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Into The Void

Gruesome cosmic horror hits VOD today

"...movie is, and he bypasses the obvious classics like Re-Animator for a deeper cut. "That's so easy," he said...."

April 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Call It a Draw

Last year's eye-catching Earthlink commercials imitated local animator Bob Sabiston's -- and his software's -- style. A little too much, in his opinion.

Aug. 31, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Stuart Bloody Stuart

Filmmaker Stuart Gordon hits the Alamo with his latest H.P. Lovecraft adaptation.

"...the scene in the film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator in which the walking dead university professor (played by..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

17th Annual Animation Show of Shows

Don Hertzfeldt's “World of Tomorrow” caps this mostly nifty program

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spirited Away

Spirited Away, about a young girl who is trapped between the real and the ghost-worlds, melds bits of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz with Eastern-angled spookiness and an outré sensibility that borders on the indescribable.

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

"...Re-Animator..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Screens Feature

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

Behind the scenes as the Studio Ghibli mastermind returns to film

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tower

Austin-made doc re-creates the UT Tower massacre with stunningly powerful immediacy

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...Speaking of Lovecraft’s legacy, Bride of the Re-Animator (Arrow) is the nonsensical but brilliant 1989 sequel to..."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Garth Manor Brings Out the Dead

FX maestro Robert Kurtzman on the seminal Evil Dead 2

"...like Phantasm II, plus later additions to the Halloween, Re-Animator, and Texas Chain Saw Massacre archives. He said, "One..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clash of the Titans

A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House on Haunted Hill

"...so brief you really have to look hard, are Re-Animator's Combs and Dallas angst-popster Loeb. As in the first..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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