Directed by:
Brian YuznaScreenplay:
José Manuel GómezCinematography:
Andreu RebésCast:
Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Simón Andreu, Santiago Segura, Elsa Pataky, Nico Baixas, Joaquín Ortega, Enrique Arce, Daniel Ortiz, Javier Sandoval, Ignasi VidalPlots(1)
When he was young, Howard Phillips (Jason Barry) watched his sister get torn apart by one of Dr. Herbert West's (Jeffrey Combs) reanimated corpses. Phillips, now a doctor, is so eager to learn more about the mad doctor's attempts to bring back the dead that he accepts a position at the prison where West is being held. Phillips delves further into West's gruesome research, which attracts the attention of a local reporter (Elsa Pataky) and the cruel prison warden (Simón Andreu). (Umbrella Entertainment)
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A slight drop in quality after the first two episodes, but still worthy of attention, with a second half that delivers quite some carnage. I don’t understand why the creators decided to reduce the humour and focus the attention on the characters of the doctor and the journalist, leaving West somewhere in the background; that was a mistake. The plot was never one of the strengths of Re-Animator, and that’s also the case here – I’d go as far as to say that in this episode the screenwriting emptiness reaches its peak. But they didn’t spare ideas and bloody gimmicks, thanks to which the film deserves three stars, but barely so.
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The horror film Beyond Re-Animator had to get a Spanish production to be made at all, because there was probably not much faith in it in America. However, Brian Yuzna did his work with relative honor, not spoiling the mythology, but also not bringing anything that can truly entice. For me, the first film is the best, and what came after simply takes from the ideas seen before. This film is still watchable, though.
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