Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

The third RE-ANIMATOR film finds Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) getting out of jail after fourteen years for inadvertently killing a young girl as a result of one of his experiments. During his time on the inside, West continued to perfect his methods on rats. When a young doctor who is aware of West's discoveries, becomes the new prison M.D., he asks West to help him on a project he is working on. Before long, dead bodies are being reanimated left and right, and the prison walls are running red with blood! Director Brian Yuzna brings back copious amounts of the pitch black comedy and bright red splatter that fans of the series have come to

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Related Movies: sequel of Re-Animator (1985) Bride of Re-Animator (1990) [sequel] Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator, An (2003) [version] House of Re-Animator (2008) [sequel]

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The film takes Lovecraft's necrophilia and dime-story philosophy and dunks it in a tank of hard-core visual obscenity. ''Beyond Re-Animator'' suggests what porn might be like if it existed only to make you feel viciously ill. 

There's no denying that Beyond Re-Animator is incredibly silly and over-the-top, but it can also be tremendously entertaining at times - particularly in the last half hour, which is certainly the highlight of the film. 

--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)

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Is this a slasher film? Hell yes! It's got gore, violence, gallons and gallons of blood. Not to mention the gratuitous nudity that all these types of films rely on. The best part is the comedy that you see tossed in all through the film.

-- (eFilmCritic.com)

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The biggest problem with the film is the fact that it can never find that fine line that the original Re-Animator walked so well. That movie was able to find that delicate balance between humor and horror. This one goes right over the line into pure silliness, with only the gore to move it along.

--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)

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A good rent and a decent watch for fans of the previous movies. A nice amount of gore, but the comedy and story could have used more work. Worth a watch at least once. 6/10

-- (UHM)

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If you love the first two movies then there's no reason you shouldn't enjoy this one too - it's demented enough to please anyone wanting to see the continuing adventures of a one Dr. Herbert West. Be sure to stick around during the end credits for one of the funniest moments in the series history. 

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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Yes, it's all pretty gruesome (and thankfully free of CGI) but doesn't carry the bite of what we saw in Part 1. "Beyond Re-Animator" is an example of Yuzna being mediocre.

-- (eSplatter.com)

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Directed by

Brian Yuzna Return of the Living Dead III, Bride of Re-Animator, Faust: Love of the Damned

Written by

H.P. Lovecraft Re-Animator, Dagon, From Beyond José Manuel Gómez

Cast

Jeffrey Combs The Frighteners, House on Haunted Hill, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Santiago Segura Blade II, The Day of the Beast, Perdita Durango Tommy Dean Musset Jason Barry Titanic, MirrorMask, Snitch Bárbara Elorrieta Rottweiler, Witchery Deal Elsa Pataky Without News of God, Romasanta, The Art of Dying Ángel Plana Lisboa [more]

When I finished watching Brian Yuzna's long-awaited Beyond Re-Animator, I was left thinking one thing, aren't sequels supposed to be bigger and better? Especially since it's been 13 years since the last one?  --Mr Disgusting (Bloody-Disgusting.com) Yuzna’s direction also gives the film a stylish look, sadly unmatched by most of the onscreen performers. Overall, ‘Beyond Reanimator’ is watchable but nothing new, horror of this type has been done before, and much, much better. 4/10 --Alex Ballard (thefilmasylum.com) As a Stand-alone flick this was pretty good though and I have no regrets of watching it. It was basically just gory fun entertainment even if the gore wasn't to be taken very seriously. Despite some of the bad acting, this movie survived so I have to saythat I recommend this.  --AnthroFred (SlasherPool)