Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Xavier Berraondo (script collaborator)
José Manuel Gómez (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 July 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They Thought Prison Would Be The Death Of Him. But For Dr. West, Death Is Only The Beginning.

Plot:

Everyone's favorite mad scientist Herbert West is currently in jail after having state's evidence turned against him by his former assistant...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Jail | Experiment | Mad Scientist | Scientist

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeffrey Combs	...	Dr. Herbert West
Tommy Dean Musset	...	Young Howard 'Howie' Phillips
Jason Barry	...	Dr. Howard Phillips
Bárbara Elorrieta	...	Emily Phillips
Elsa Pataky	...	Laura Olney
Ángel Plana	...	Kitchen Zombie
Javier Sandoval	...	Cop 1
Santiago Segura	...	Speedball
Lolo Herrero	...	Sergeant Moncho
Enrique Arce	...	Cabrera
Nico Baixas	...	Moses
Simón Andreu	...	Warden Brando
Joaquín Ortega	...	Officer Falcon
Raquel Gribler	...	Nurse Vanessa
Daniel Ortiz	...	Winni

Also Known As:

Beyond Re-Animator (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence/gore, sexual content and language.

Runtime:

Germany:95 min (Fantasy Film Fest) | Spain:96 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:(Banned) (Prince Edward Island) (DVD rating) | Singapore:(Banned) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Castelao Producciones

Trivia:

Jason Barry's character is named Howard Phillips. The movie is based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, whose full name is Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Also, the last name of Elsa Pataky's character is Olney, which is the last name of the main character (Thomas Olney) in Lovecraft's story "The Strange High House in the Mist."

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: You can see the boom mic the first time we see West inside his cell talking to Moncho.

Quotes:

Howard Phillips: God damn you!
Herbert West: Religion has nothing to do with this.

Movie Connections:

References The Last House on the Left (1972)

Soundtrack:

Re-Animator Theme

Tongue in Cheek. Whose Cheek? Whose Tongue?

I loved the first Re-Animator movie. "Bride of Re-Animator" was OK. This one is over-the-top, completely twisted, and just plain clean, gory, bloody, guts spattering about, eyeballs crawling around, penis-attacks-rat fun.

This isn't a movie that takes itself seriously, and you shouldn't, either.

Jeffrey Combes is wonderful, as always, as Dr. Herbert West. Dr. West has figured out (or so he thinks) what was missing in his previous "experiments." Needless to say, it doesn't work as planned (hey, it's "just a theory"), and much mayhem ensues. Much. Much more than in the first two movies. Think "Attica" meets "Night of the Living Dead" meets "Freaky Friday." Yes, it's that far off the deep end.

I would recommend this film highly to anyone who enjoys a humorous splatter flick. If you're not a deranged gorehound, you probably won't like this one. Speaking as a longtime deranged gorehound, however, I can safely say that this is one of the finest films ever made in its genre, and certainly worthy of several Academy Awards.

I did mention that I was deranged, right?

Yeah, I did. And if you are, too, see this movie. And don't forget to watch the absolutely classic "Move Your Dead Bones" video that also comes on the DVD. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll like it better than "Cats."

Kudos to Brian Yuzna!