Taking Practical Effects to Another Level

[@JamesVSCinema]

This film absolutely rocked..! What are your thoughts or favorite moments? Want to vote on what I should watch next? Click here! www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Have a great day!

[@kevinslayzak1214]

Great cult classic...saw this around 14-15 yrs old.... headless cunnilingus hits you different...at ...that .....age🤔😅

[@tohogojira3759]

Most roles for Jeffery Combes has him wink at this movie, even in Star Trek we see him at some point using a syringe with green liquid in reference to this, his role has become legend.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Barbara Crampton single handily kick-started my adolescence. Saw her in a new movie a couple of years ago and she is still fine as hell. "From Beyond 1986" is another fun one from the same team.

[@larafarahani2139]

You might want to check out the most recent Fangoria

[@davidwillox2673]

From Beyond might even be my favorite of the two. A rare hero role for Jeffrey Combs as well

[@LordVolkov]

Now for Re-Animator's sister film - From Beyond 😅

[@geengeklooi]

THATS RIGHT

[@jimtatro6550]

James, this movie was released unrated in 1985, no one under 18 allowed. I turned 18 a week before it came out and drove 25 miles to see it. It’s in my top 10 horror movies of all time, I love how crazy it is 40 years later.😂

[@Buggins]

Fun fact, the built zombie who gets the bonesaw from behind is played by Arnolds long term double and stunt stand in.

[@kevinwalsh9704]

This, the Thing and the Fly are the holy trinity of horror practical effects.

[@neibur]

Brain dead is up there too

[@graverob1910]

I’d nominate The Blob remake and An American Werewolf in London to go on the list, too.

[@bacteriajoe9403]

This movie is a live action comic book. The Thing and The Fly are a bit more serious. I'd say this style paved the way for "Ichi the Killer". Over the top silly gore. Don't try to make it realistic, but good enough for story telling fun.

[@jaremybill652]

this role made Jeffery Combes an icon in the horror genera, heck, i molded one of my dnd characters off Dr Herbert West

[@ChipJones421]

This comment just brought me joy haha

[@LordLOC]

I based my real life character in life on Weyoun. Weyoun is victory. Victory is life!

[@SADerMetzger]

There's a copy of this film out there called the Integral Cut. It's a fusion version which features over 20 minutes of excised scenes (cut from the uncensored version) as well as the uncensored versions of all the gory scenes. It's the most completed and full representation of the movie. It's well worth a watch if you enjoyed the theatrical/uncensored version, as it fleshes out a lot of story elements that are stripped down in the uncensored version AND lets you see the messy bits. It does make the relentless pacing of the uncensored cut a little less intense, but you also get to learn more about the characters and their struggles. Thanks for the reaction James, always enjoy your stuff.

[@aidangreen419]

You know where to find it?

[@graverob1910]

“Would you agree that the cat is dead!?!” *slams cat cadaver on the desk*

[@JamesVSCinema]

One of my favorite moments

[@graverob1910]

Agreed. “Why is he making that noise?” “Birth is always painful.” sticks to with me forever. Jeffrey Combs is an underrated legend. I’d also recommend From Beyond, The Frighteners, and, just for fun, Justice League Unlimited. He voiced The Question.

[@ryanhill-x6m]

hey I’m Ryan I have a movie request Austin powers international man of mystery and if you can please wear ladies leather gloves for the movie

[@DavidMac-x7g]

Greatest selection yet!! This, Peter Jackson's Dead Alive and Evil Dead are the perfect triple feature.

[@nightking0130]

Jeffrey combs has one of the best voices ever put on film. If anyone has seen the new batman adventures of BTAS he played the redesigned scarecrow for one episode and his voice was terrifying. Hes the voice I hear in the comics. Also for any star trek fans, hes played so many characters in that franchise, sometimes multiple in the same series. Also hes great in the frightners

[@DrTeeth66]

_No-one_ else could've delivered that performance in The Frighteners. One of Jackson's many underrated flicks!

[@Buggins]

Have you checked out his 1 man Edgar Allen Poe play? It's fantastic.

[@graverob1910]

“My body…is a road map…of pain…”

[@rexmundi2986]

Jeffrey Combs Andorian character Shran was one of the best things about Star Trek: Enterprise.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Holy Guacamole! This is an old timey classic! Glad to see you hitting this one.

[@ScottLahteine]

I was working at a movie theater in 1995 where we had Re-Animator for a couple of weeks and I could never get past the leaping entrails, but over time I came to love and appreciate the excess and hilarity of Stuart Gordon and the incredibly committed acting of Jeffrey Coombs and Barbara Crampton.

[@JsscRchlDrsy]

FROM BEYOND should be next if you want crazy visual practical effects.

[@miquonk]

James, I think you’d genuinely love Memories of Murder (2003)-it’s a masterclass in storytelling with a gripping, unpredictable narrative. It’d make for an incredible reaction and a perfect fit for your thoughtful style!

[@MartialBoniou]

+1

[@michaelwarwickvalencia8501]

Stuart Gordon !! Great choice I also love 1986 From Beyond

[@JamesVSCinema]

I’ll have to check that!

[@shreknet]

You need to watch From Beyond.

[@rosshall6475]

Im so glad you finally got the chance to see this film

[@acc55pitt]

This movie is so amazing. Virtually everything about it, but the pacing is amazing.

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

This at the core of my favorite horror movies, Dean Stockwell, Jeffery Combs, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell have done so much to keep the Lovecraft mythos alive.

[@TheJohhnyE]

If I remember right, this movie just had or is soon to have its 40th anniversary this year.

[@Sims_E]

A head giving head - that’s Stuart Gordon’s sense of humor 😅 Love this 80s flick!

[@LateCambrian]

Omg you are entering the demented world of Stuart Gordon… maybe try From Beyond after this … another Stuart Gordon HP lovecraft banger

[@Bootleg666]

For even more over-the-top Jeffrey Combs action, please check out Peter Jackson's THE FRIGHTENERS (1996). I think it's a really underappreciated film in his canon.

[@scottfrenz]

Loved The Frighteners

[@bacteriajoe9403]

Combs chews up every scene. Priceless!

[@garypaterson1477]

Looking sharp with the hair cut :) great stuff as always, hope you are well, stay awesome and stay genuine and as always, much love

[@AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

No way! Dude keeps pickin the best to watch.

[@JanHell666]

Classic! From Beyond and Society is also cool ones. Yeah i saw this back in the early 90´s, it (and many others) was sold bootlegged under counter in a regular video store in my town.

[@Anonymiad]

Being a child of the 80s, I saw this movie in 3rd grade. It changed me.

[@timvanbaelen9797]

A great and colorful film, very quickly paced and deliciously gory without being sadistic.

[@Neil-y7e]

The security guard's reactions throughout the movie are hysterical.

[@naiderl]

Such a fun movie! Starting with that cheeky rip off of the Psycho score in the opening credits 😅

[@kevinalexander3540]

I am a grown man, and I have yet to recover from the trauma of seeing this as a child.

[@Askonti]

Horror comedy perfection. Combs, Abbot, Crampton, and Gale are great. Score's great. Camera work's great. Gore is great. As others have mentioned, From Beyond should be next. 🤗

[@Telthar]

This movie nearly had me dying the first time I saw it. Just ridiculous! Dudes were out of control the entire movie. 🤣

[@JamesVSCinema]

Ridiculous in some of the craziest ways too. Genuinely had a blast with it 😂

[@zachharris3040]

Night of the Creeps and Fright Night (OG) are good as well.

[@Blacklodge_Willy]

No freaking waaaaay! This is why you're the 🐐 of reactors man!

[@flenz4574]

Watched this in the theater in ‘85 with a buddy, we were 16 and laughed in terror the entire film I miss the 80’s

[@LukeWarm05]

Man, that opening theme music sure is familiar. It's driving me Psycho trying to place it!

[@ColombianThunder]

Highly recommend From Beyond by the same director. Also an HP Lovecraft adaptation, or at least heavily inspired by. It's probably not as zany, but I think conceptiualy it's definitely more disturbing and high concept.

[@tyger166]

Love it, everything just works - from the gore, the humour, the acting, the unashamedly cheesey campness of it all. Not sure which version you watched due to the edit, but I believe the European one has extended scenes where it explains about the professor 's mind control powers he was using on the Dean and hid daughter, which also allows him to control the reanimated at the end.

[@Cristopher.C]

I hope the halloween extension circles back all the way to this year's halloween

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Happy new year James❤

[@JamesVSCinema]

Happy New Year to you too James 🙏🏽

[@TheAsphyx666]

This movie is a stone cold genre classic. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. 😊

[@kanakawase]

We got James watching Stuart Gordon. Next stop, Brian Yuzna's Society. And then... Henenlotter.

[@mikeyben7]

Yes! One of my comfort and favorite films EVER!❤❤❤ Love B-horror with great practical effects! I enjoy James! Thanks bud!!!!

[@melthebell33]

Great film, one of my favourites from the 80s, watched it loads, and from beyond

[@polydactylproductions6787]

If you liked this you will love From Beyond!

[@gumbomudderx7503]

If movies from my youth taught me anything it’s that when you bring people back from the dead, it rarely works out well.

[@kengregory6026]

John Naulin (SFX) said it was the bloodiest film he'd worked on. He would use around 2 gallons of 'blood' per film normally...in Re-animator he used 24!

[@ChipJones421]

Man I am gonna make a recommendation that I hope gains traction, especially if you enjoy Lovecraft: PRINCE OF DARKNESS. Scared the hell out of me when I was 7, and I just rewatched it for the first time at 35 and I can safely say two things: First, it holds up all these years later. Second, it is John Carpenter's masterpiece. Also let's toss a true Lovecraft adaptation: The Color Out of Space starring..... Nic Cage

[@michaelwebster8389]

Loved that film when it came out. So much fun.

[@rosenfield10]

I first saw this film the year after it was released, and I was a teenager. Practical effects were the name of the game for me in those days and horror movies. I judged these films based on practical effects, and "Re_Animator" was always a classic.

[@flibber123]

This movie really is amazing. It's low budget but it benefits from being low budget. It somehow takes Lovecraft material and makes it funny but without needing to resort to parody. It's a very inspired work.

[@fallingawayfromthenorm]

This is one of my favorite horror movies, the special effects are truly fantastic!

[@clarkness77]

Thanks for doing this one! Loved the character of Herbert west. The ending left something to be desired imo but otherwise great horror flick!

[@AB-hi6ru]

Ty

[@Flumpadorus]

What makes the theatrical edition so enjoyable is the unrelenting pace that it has, and there is not a moment of unwasted film in that movie.

[@generic_sauce]

If I recall correctly that big guy they reanimated was a stuntman, who'd done stand-ins for Arnie in the past! Which makes sense why he was so damn big!

[@my_randomology]

This movie made a lot of careers. Jeffrey Combs basically built a career on playing weird little freaks. I believe he holds the record for most roles in Star Trek. Maybe second place. But yeah. This movie is the definition of "refuge in audacity."

[@ratinthecat]

Around 2000 I had friend in high-school who was into film. This was the first DVD he lent me. Then Profundo Rosso (1975), Brain Damage (1985), Django (1966). Shout out David.

[@lordflashheart3680]

Such a classic, the height of horror cheese. Love it!

[@bertalach]

One of my favourites! Great reaction!

[@Icypenguigo]

I love this movie. I remember I checked this out from the public library on VHS when I was a kid, like 14 years old. I was definitely WAAAY too young to watch this movie. It horrified me and probably scarred me for life. But it still fascinated me. I ended up watching it several times. And it led me to watching a whole bunch of other horror movies that I was definitely not ready for. Did that fuck me up for life? Maybe. I can't say. Jeffery Combs is a fucking legend though. I don't know if you've ever checked out any of Star Trek, but in the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Jeffery Combs plays several characters, including one of the biggest villains, and he is awesome in every single one of those roles.

[@kengregory6026]

great stuff James👍

[@maybeso68]

Jeffrey Combs FTW! :)

[@JamesVSCinema]

🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@brettcoster4781]

I first saw Re-Animator just a few months ago, after getting the Umbrella film's Blu-ray. I've also got both its sequels, Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator. I definitely recommend Dagon as a follow-on film, mainly because it is much more Lovecraftian. And there's also Color Out of Space, with Nic Cage.

[@alexhartman6144]

I always find it funny that the doctor at the beginning was named Hans Gruber

[@josefgordon7712]

Love the classic Jeffery Combs role of all roles. He’s great in whatever I see him in but this one really takes the cake.

[@NormalSizedPhantom]

Good ol' Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon. Horror comedy never knew a more iconic duo. And if you thought the practical effects in this went hard, check out Yuzna's solo joint Society (1989). It'll put hair on your eyeballs. There's a reason the make-up effects designer on that film is named Screaming Mad George.

[@havingalaff3112]

fin fact: the first reanimated body (the big dude from the morgue) is Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt/body double lol. the movie jumpstarted my love for jeffrey combs. hes an amazing actor and person as i got to meet him at a convention once.

[@paulchavez3039]

Jeffrey combs and barb crampton are so phenomenal

[@marennicholson5444]

This movie is so wild I love it

[@martinedrington9205]

WOW...Cant believe you reviewed this one. Classic B movie horror that screwed my up in the head as a kid

[@jackdearman5880]

Oh hell yeah.

[@JamesVSCinema]

🤘🏽

[@MRC_5000]

this was probably mentioned, but did you know that the writer/director stuart gordon also came up with "honey, i shrunk the kids"? i think he distanced himself from the movie, because he really disliked dealing with disney executives.

[@DanielS2001]

And this is just the first film, James. There's two sequels to this film: Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator. Not sure how you'll feel about them if you decide to go down that rabbit hole.

[@JohnWilliams-et3hh]

I spent a lot of weekends trying to convince my mum to rent this and Hellraiser from the video store as a teenager.

[@stsolomon618]

Your face in the thumbnail was my reaction, when I first saw this film.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Yeah we go to places in this film hahaha

[@howl.mockery4438]

Fantastic movie!

[@victorzuniga233]

We were spoiled in the 80s with these fantastic horror films

[@do-ol2540]

If you’re looking for practical effects then check out Society (1989) it’s like the substance but a different plot and it’s a slow burn but incredibly horrifying!

[@scottfrenz]

That last 15-20 minutes of Society… good Lord

[@olicorrivo3289]

James reacting to a cult Lovecraftian movie ? Yes please. Also, Jeffrey Combs is a legend, almost like a Vincent Price of his days.

[@clearMonk13]

Now Necronomicon is on the way

[@ratinthecat]

Haven't clicked on a reaction quicker for a while.

[@kellymaher3355]

You watched "American beauty": When lester b. and Ricky fitz get stoned on the basketball court at the event, they mention and laugh about "reanimator". 😊

[@farmersteve661]

“From Beyond” (1986) 🎥🎞🙏

[@MattSmith-il4tc]

I didn't expect this film to show up on this channel! Love it! Learned about this crazy movie on Red Letter Media's Re:View. Great stuff.

[@alexhartman6144]

That's awesome that you discovered it through those guys. RLM has been my favorite YT channel for years. I found out about this movie in 2005 from a show called Bravos 100 scariest movie moments and I immediately begged my mom to take me to the video store so I could rent it lol

[@chuckleezodiac24]

saw it at the theater. i was high af! it was cool.

[@tishamac529]

SPOILED MILK DOES THAT?!! 💨 running to the fridge

[@somebodysomething]

The facet sound you heard was actually blood drain from body

[@XLamonteCoxX]

1978's dawn of the dead imo is the greatest zombie movie of all time.

[@aaronbrandon6729]

Barbara Crampton (Megan Halsey) is an absolute horror icon, and 15 year old me’s biggest crush!

[@aaronbrandon6729]

Also, 55 year old me’s. She’s stunning today

[@trol68419]

he's a FAN he's a FAN he's a FAN...

[@matthewjaco847]

“He’s DEAD?” “…not anymore.”

[@JamesVSCinema]

A damn cool take on zombies

[@adamyilmaz9531]

Bro is sleeping on Haunting Of Hill House so badly he is comatose 😂 We need a reaction to that masterpiece so badly its unreal! Wonder if we are also going to get squid game season 2 and Alice In Borderland at some point! That would be awesome to see 🤘👍👌🤣😎🔥💯

[@fusfauxpas]

Herbert hype 🧟‍♂️

[@OperativeD]

I was late to the party in watching this film and as a fan of the Frankenstein story/films I am sad to say it. Love the character of Herbert West (played by Jeffery Combs who has been in tons of Star Trek episodes as multiple characters in DS9 and Enterprise, including a voice acting gig on Lower Decks) which reminds me of the Peter Cushing version of Dr. Frankenstein. Bride of Reanimator is not as good, but I still feel it belongs next to this film. Beyond Reanimator, the final Reanimator film, is...interesting, but an even further decline in quality sadly, but I still say check it out also even if only for completionist sake. Fun fact the "hulking zombie" was played by the guy who was Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt double for Terminator.

[@StarNate2112]

Glad you enjoyed this… next film “Dead Alive.” It’s a Peter Jackson film; what could go wrong?

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Prof will bing that head back no problem 😂

[@matttorrence2900]

Hey, I have that same shirt! LL Bean?