I'm more than a little upset with myself that I allowed myself to go so long without watching this film. I've known about for what feels like forever, but for one reason or another I just never got around to watching it. Well, I can proudly say that's no longer an issue, time was made and Re-Animator was watched. Watching Re-Animator for the first time, reminded me of the first time I watched Return of the Living Dead. Both films have this vibrant atmosphere that I have a hard time putting into words. Both films share a lot in common, flawless use of humor, memorable scenes and some of the best practical effects shots that I can think of. But if I had to choose a favorite between the two, Return of the Living Dead would win out, mostly due …show more content…
to my nostalgia tied to that films sequels. I really enjoyed that this Re-Animator is based on an H.P. Lovecrafts novella Herbert West-Reanimator and feel that more of his work should be adapted. Re-Animator also stars Jeffrey Combs, whom will forever be Agent Dammers from the Frighteners to me. Re-Animator follows Herbert West (Jeffrey Dammers), who moves to Arkham to attend to Miskatonic University to further his studies and re-search into re-animation, after the death of his mentor. West moves in with fellow student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), who happens to be secretly engaged to/dating the deans daughter Megan Halsey (Barbara Crampton). One night West re-animates Dan's dead cat, which goes crazy, forcing the pair to kill it. West talks Dan into helping him with his research, something Dan is reluctant to do. As Dan doesn't believe West's claims, until West demonstrates on the Cat. Bringing it back to life again, this time as a gorey mess. Dan goes to the dean, Dr. Alan Halsey (Robert Sampson) informing him of what West has achieved. Thinking the pair mad, Dr Halsey throws the two out of school and bars them from entering the hospital. That night the pair sneak into the morgue in an attempt to reanimate a corpse, to show Dr. Halsey and salvage their careers. The corpse comes back as a feral zombie creature, which attacks and kills Dr. Halsey when it comes in to confront West and Cain. After killing the zombie, West and Cain use West's reanimator serum on Dr. Halsey bringing him back as a zombie, just not a frenzied, crazed one. Dr. Halsey's care is taken over by his colleague Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale), who discovers while doing expiatory surgery that Halsey isn't alive, merely reanimated. Dr. Hill goes West and confronts him his discovery, in an attempt to blackmail West for his research so he can have the credit. But West is having none of that and kills Hill by decapitating him with the shovel. West then reanimates Hills head and body separately, something that turns out to be a terrible idea. As while questioning Hills head, West is knocked out by Hill's body. Hill then escapes with West's notes and serum, fleeing to the morgue where he sends out Halsey to abduct Megan. Now with Megan in Hill's clutches Dan and West must work together to stop Hill and his new army of reanimated corpses... My favorite thing about this film defiantly the practical effects.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, films with practical effects age so much better than CGI does. Re-Animator is thirty years old (at the time of writing this) and still looks great, sure it's a little campy. But that's not the fault of effect, or even a flaw for that matter. The best shot I feel is with Hill's head in the metal dish at the morgue. I feel asleep shortly after finishing this film and it was only thing from the film to carry over into my dreams. By the way, watching this film and going straight to sleep is a great way to get some weird dreams, at least in my experience. Something I wasn't expecting was for the acting to be so damn fun. I won't go as far as to call it great, but the performances are incredibly solid and entertaining to watch. If you've seen Return of the Living Dead and like the acting there, which has a very similar feel, Re-Animator is going to be a delightful watch for you. Dammers, Abott and Crampton, all do great jobs playing off each others energy. Final thoughts, I really liked this film and really can't think of anything I had an issue with. The musics fitting, the cinematography is good and the ending is great. That said the whole time I was watching Re-Animator I kept thinking of how much this film feels like Return of the Living Dead and that made me just want to watch that instead. But that's just me and I still heavily recommend you watch this film should you find yourself with time to watch a true cult classic.
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I personally thought this was a great film, although initially I thought it might be boring. Once I got past the older production quality and immersed myself into the story, I enjoyed it. I can see why this film is a cinematic classic, especially with the memorable dialogue. My favorite lines came from Carr, the floor walker. He seemed to know his job like the back of his hand. “Any man loses his spoon; he spends the night in the box”.
Max Brooks explains in his article ‘’The Movies That Rose From The Grave’’ [2006], that zombies and the supernatural forces have impacted and have become popular in the world today. The first main idea that Brooks points out is the way society has changed the meaning and glimpse for the supernatural creatures like zombies causing them to become increasingly popular. To support this zombie movies have changed from darkness and mystery to violent and bloodier scenes therefore making them more prevailing. The second main idea that is discussed by Brooks is how the media has helped to increase the popularity of zombies, vampires, ghosts. Highlighted by the author particularity both ‘’resident evil,
Addie is actually the perfect character to try and describe the lack or void of words and meanings. The very fact that she is dead and is talking about this void from the dead is important. In a way she is speaking from a void between life and death. Morna Flaum expresses this idea in her article, “Elucidating Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying.” “Her condition of deadness, speaking from the void between is and not-is makes her the perfect vehicle for Faulkner to describe the indescribable, approach the unapproachable, express the inexpressible, as he so gracefully does, does-not. The placement of Addie’s chapter in the middle of her long journey from deathbed to grave is also significant.” Flaum goes on to say that this placement of Addie’s chapter
I thought the editing was good. It was very smooth in the sense that it didn't go from one scene to the next and back again. There were no fade, dissolve, or wipe transitions; just simple, solid, scenery changing transitions. I thought it was kind of ironic how you were always looking up at the samurai, getting a feeling that they are pure and honorable warriors, when at the same time, you have the feeling that they are going to cause their own downfall.
Night of the Living Dead is an iconic horror movie released in 1968 in America. The movie was directed by George Romero and premiered on October 1st of the same year. The movie follows the characters of Barbra and Ben and five other characters trapped in a rustic farmhouse in a rural town in Pennsylvania. The farmhouse is attacked by a large group of non-living human beings which are not named. They have characterized features of a monster and of a corpse. In the onset of the film, the main character Barbra and her brother Johnny drive to a town in Pennsylvania for a customary visit to the father’s grave. When in the cemetery, Barbra and Johnny encounter a peculiar looking man who had been walking around the cemetery. Fear overcomes Barbara as the deranged man walks towards her and proceeds to aggressively attack her. While trying to rescue his sister, Johnny is thrown into a gravestone and succumbs to his demise. After this occurrence, Barbra decides to escape in a car which gets involved in a mishap. This forces her to escape on foot and subsequently leads her to a farmhouse. Later, the news reports to the
On 10 June 1990, a mechanic of British Airway Flight 5390 installed retention bolts that were 0.1 inches smaller than the required bolt size. He installed smaller bolts based on his experience because he was lazy to look at the service manual. As a result, the left windscreen on captain’s side blew, while dragging the captain halfway out of the plane. The captain was left hanging in the window for 20 minutes and he suffered multiple injuries. Laziness is one of the greatest enemies of humans. Many people have attempted to show the impact of laziness in various forms of entertainment likes movies, television, sports etc. One such movie was Shaun of the Dead, which shows a story of survival in a zombie apocalypse. People have contradictory views
Night of the Living Dead represents more complex issues such as race, politics, and war and Ben was fighting the undead not just for himself, but also for the good of the collective. The 60s sparked a counter-culture that grew and spread throughout the Western world and according to the book by historian Terry Anderson titled “The Movements and the Sixties;” “ [t]he aggregate movement gained momentum as the Civil Rights Movement continued to grow, and would later become revolutionary with the expansion of the U.S. government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam” (Anderson, 254). The film emerged from the some of the most turbulent years in American history and Night of the Living Dead becomes the embodiment of the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Shaun of the Dead, on the other hand, embodies a more individualistic and narcissistic society. You can even say that characters portrayed in the film are socially unaware. Shaun and his friends do not seem to care about issues such as social injustices, politics or war. They take an active role of ignorance and entitlement and are apathetic towards causes outside the individual. Just as the Vietnam War was happening in 1968, the war in Iraq was happening in 2004, but the government no longer enforces the draft system (which is a positive change), and enlisting to fight for your country has become a voluntary decision of the individual. Our generation’s narcissistic and selfish behavior can perhaps be attributed to the idea that social issues are no longer dire than that of our personal responsibilities such as having a job, raising children, the day-to-day activity that consumes all our energy. Who wants to think about police brutality when a
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With the help of superb editing, sound, mise en scene, and cinematography, this film cannot be topped. The fist scene of the movie creates an atmosphere that helps the viewer know that he/she will enjoy this wonderful classic. Throughout the movie there are surprises and fun that makes this a movie that people will want to watch again and again. Gene Kelly said it best when he said, "Dignity, always dignity. " That is what this movie has from beginning to end, dignity.
With all things above considered, this an awesome movie definetly worth watching. Out of a 1-10 rating scale, one being the worst, and ten being the best, I give this a movie an 8. This was a movie that will get your heart pumping and leave you thirsting for more.
Donna Akers is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University and a tribal member of the Choctaw Nation. He wrote a book named “Living in the land of Death”, in which he documented his beliefs and history of those living in North America and South East. He Explained throughout the whole book how the Indian Removal affected the people living in Choctaw Nation and how the President Andrew Jackson and the Congress always tried to trick most of those who were in charge of their safety.
this film the special effects are great. With all the mummies that are created and the way
When watching Dead Man Walking I think you heard more views on way not to subject people to the death penalty. Some of the main reasons are that our justice system is not perfect we still sentence innocent people to death and once that happen it can never be undone. Plus because of the long process that occurs with this it cost a large amount of money to execute them then it would be to sentence them to life in prison. If you talk to some of the victims family member it doesn’t always give them satisfaction of the offender dying because they feel it a long processes and it creates more hardships then it worth and some family member do not make it to the day their executed. In addition to this, most religions feel that
The movie is relaxing to watch thanks to the scenery, but it’s slow and a bit boring. The film is over two hours long (2:20 or so) and it takes a while to get anywhere. This is disturbing because the plot didn’t seem to have as much importance as the camera angles, framing shots or dialogue. These aesthetics had more importance than in most other movies. It also had an unusual way of telling the story - done mainly by showing images to transfer the main message.
The movie is has moments that will break your heart, inspires people to do more with themselves, but with some small plot discrepancies that could have been worked out with a few extra minutes of the movie instead of hanging us out to dry. However, Ebert raises a question “How much of the self we treasure so much is simply a matter of good luck, of being spared in a minefield of neurological chance?” (Ebert). The movie raises questions on what we do to those who need our love and support. The best part of the movie is how they come awake and get to experience a part of life before the medicine wears off and they go back into their catatonic state. The movie is worth the time and money, it is family friendly, and a sure classic to inspire you family for many years.