Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Rick Fry (writer)
Woody Keith (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

8 July 1990 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Date. Mate. Re-animate.

Plot:

Doctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.

Plot Keywords:

Heart | Head | Doctor | Brain | Stop Motion

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jeffrey Combs	...	Dr. Herbert West
Bruce Abbott	...	Dr. Dan Cain
Claude Earl Jones	...	Lt. Leslie Chapham
Fabiana Udenio	...	Francesca Danelli
David Gale	...	Doctor Carl Hill
Kathleen Kinmont	...	Gloria
Mel Stewart	...	Dr. Graves
Irene Forrest	...	Nurse Shelley
Michael Strasser	...	Ernest
Mary Sheldon	...	Meg Halsey
Marge Turner	...	The Re-Animated: Elizabeth Chapham
Johnny Legend	...	The Re-Animated: Skinny Corpse
David Bynum	...	The Re-Animated: Black Corpse
Noble Craig	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature
Kim Parker	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature
Charles Schneider	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature
Rebeca Scott	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature (as Rebeca Recio)
Jay Evans	...	The Re-Animated: Crypt Creature

Directed by
Brian Yuzna

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rick Fry		writer
Woody Keith		writer
H.P. Lovecraft		characters
Brian Yuzna		writer

Produced by
Hidetaka Konno	....	executive producer
Michael Muscal	....	co-producer
Keith Walley	....	executive producer
Paul White	....	executive producer
Brian Yuzna	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Band

Cinematography by
Rick Fichter

Film Editing by
Peter Teschner

Casting by
Billy DaMota

Production Design by
Philip Duffin

Art Direction by
Joseph Ressa

Set Decoration by
Simon Dobbin

Costume Design by
Robin Lewis-West

Makeup Department
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects artist
Gail Brubaker	....	key hair stylist
Gail Brubaker	....	key makeup artist
John Carl Buechler	....	special makeup effects artist
Anthony Doublin	....	special makeup effects
Kathleen M. Hagan	....	makeup artist
Richard Kilroy	....	special makeup effects artist
Robert Kurtzman	....	special makeup effects artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects artist
Karen Scherer	....	makeup artist
Michael Spatola	....	makeup effects crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Julie Travis-Socash	....	assistant hair stylist
Julie Travis-Socash	....	assistant makeup artist
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects artist shop supervisor: K.N.B. Effects Group
Scott Oshita	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Dean Ramser	....	executive in charge of production
Gary Schmoeller	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Skot Bright	....	second assistant director
Tom Lowe	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ernie Alvarez	....	carpenter
Rick M. Atwell	....	carpenter
Joneva Barry	....	painter
Gene Bishop	....	lead man
Todd McCune Bray	....	scenic artist
Jerry Casillas	....	carpenter
Bernard Griesz	....	construction coordinator (as Rocky Grisez)
Steve Guerino	....	assistant property master
Leza Ingalls	....	painter
Douglas Kieffer	....	props
Peter Mark	....	props
Warren Sewell	....	set dresser
James R. Shumaker	....	carpenter
Blanche Sindelar	....	property master
Don G. Smith	....	on-set dresser
Steven C. Voll	....	carpenter
Pete von Sholly	....	storyboards
Leslie Weimer	....	painter

Sound Department
Michael P. Cook	....	sound editor
Mary Jo Devenney	....	production sound mixer
Steve Evans	....	boom operator
Jeffrey Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Dave Allen	....	special effects supervisor: David Allen Productions
Dave Allen	....	special effects (as David Allen)
Dave Allen	....	special makeup effects: David Allen Productions
Dave Allen	....	stop-motion animation and miniatures: David Allen Productions
Ron Althoff	....	special effects crew: SPFX Inc.
Bill Basso	....	makeup artist and crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Eric Beauchamp	....	special effects crew: SPFX Inc.
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special effects supervisor: SPFX Inc.
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special mechanical effects: SPFX Inc.
Nick Benson	....	special effects
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects and bride effects creator: K.N.B. EFX Group
Cynthia Buccieri	....	assistant puppeteer: Doublin EFX
John Carl Buechler	....	Dr. Hill's head and bat-wing effects: Magical Media Industries Inc.
John Carl Buechler	....	executive supervisor: Magical Media Industries Inc.
John Carl Buechler	....	special makeup effects: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Ron Buhler	....	special effects
John P. Cazin	....	special effects crew: SPFX Inc.
John Criswell	....	additional animatronics: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Jim Davidson	....	assistant puppeteer: Doublin EFX
Michael Deak	....	effects designer and supervisor: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Michael Deak	....	location supervisor: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Michael Deak	....	on-set effects supervisor
Anthony Doublin	....	finger creature and dog effects: Doublin EFX
Anthony Doublin	....	special effects supervisor: Doublin EFX
Anthony Doublin	....	special makeup effects: Doublin EFX
Theresa Harding Doublin	....	floppy dog: Doublin EFX
Keith Edmier	....	key effects supervisor: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Jay Evans	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Yuri Everson	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
John Foster	....	production manager: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Bruce Spaulding Fuller	....	makeup artist and crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Roy Garcia	....	makeup effects technician: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Screaming Mad George	....	designer: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Screaming Mad George	....	special effects
Screaming Mad George	....	special makeup effects and crypt sequence: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Dennis Gordon	....	miniatures: David Allen Productions
Ross Hahn	....	special effects crew: SPFX Inc.
Cary Howe	....	dog sculptor and hairwork: Doublin EFX
Shimpei Kitamura	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Anne Winky Kraus	....	production coordinator: K.N.B. EFX Group
Yasuko Kudo	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Robert Kurtzman	....	special makeup effects and bride effects creator: K.N.B. EFX Group
Rob Lynn	....	lab technician and makeup assistant: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Mark Maitre	....	makeup artist and crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Nick Marra	....	lab technician and makeup assistant: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Rodd Matsui	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Harvey Mayo	....	special effects assistant: David Allen Productions
Alan McFarland	....	special lighting effects
Takashi Morishima	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects and bride effects creator: K.N.B. EFX Group
Scott Oshita	....	makeup artist and crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Joe Podnar	....	lab technician and makeup assistant: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Thomas C. Rainone	....	special effects coordinator
Kevin Remington	....	makeup effects technician: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Chris Robbins	....	key sculptor and painter: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Tod Ryan	....	SMG lab assistant: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Tod Ryan	....	assistant special makeup effects
Erik Schaper	....	assistant effects supervisor: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Jordu Schell	....	makeup effects technician: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Alan Scott	....	makeup effects technician: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Rebeca Scott	....	production coordinator: Screaming Mad George Inc. (as Rebeca Recio)
Mel Slavick	....	special effects crew: SPFX Inc.
Shaun Smith	....	makeup effects technician: Screaming Mad George Inc.
Robert Stromberg	....	assistant puppeteer: Doublin EFX
Mark Tavares	....	makeup artist and crew: K.N.B. EFX Group
Wayne Toth	....	effects designer and supervisor: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Wayne Toth	....	key prosthetics and animatronics: Magical Media Industries Inc.
Mike Tristano	....	pre-production creature prototypes
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects shop supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group
Stacy Wexler	....	special effects assistant: Doublin EFX
Scott Oshita	....	miniatures (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jim Davidson	....	creature effects
Paul Gentry	....	camera: David Allen Productions

Stunts
Mike Ceballos	....	stunts (as Michael Ceballos)
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts
Ken Lesco	....	stunt coordinator
Mary Peters	....	stunts
Cherie Tash	....	stunts (as Cherie L. Tash)

Camera and Electrical Department
Victor Abbene	....	chief lighting technician
Mike Bienstock	....	second assistant camera
John S. Campbell	....	grip
Byron J. Cohen	....	still photographer
Steve Crosland	....	first assistant camera
Mickey Freeman	....	camera operator
John Grillo	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Chuck Larson	....	electrician
Jeff Murrell	....	electrician
Victor Nelli Jr.	....	key grip
Robert Neville	....	best boy electric
Cameron Smith	....	electrician
Glenn Whiteford	....	electrician
Gerd Zimmermann	....	swing grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Norma-Jean Austin	....	wardrobe
Kelly O'Gurian	....	key costumer
Andrea Von Sholly	....	bride costume creator

Editorial Department
Laura M. Grody	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Nick Vidar	....	music engineer
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer

Other crew
Loretta Abata	....	production accountant
Dawn C. Dreiling	....	script supervisor
Caterina N. Fiordellisi	....	production coordinator
Flint Maloney	....	location manager

Thanks
Dennis Paoli	....	special thanks
Mary Shelley	....	special thanks (as Mary Wollenscraft Shelly)

Production Companies

• Wild Street

Distributors

• Re-Animator Productions (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Cineplex Odeon Films (1990) (Canada) (theatrical)
• 50th Street Films (1991) (USA)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Alliance Atlantis Video (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• Artisan Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Astro Distribution (1995) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1991) (Canada) (VHS)
• Emerald (2007) (Argentina) (DVD) (re-release)
• Future Film (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Live Video (video)
• MCA Home Video (1991) (Canada) (VHS)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• David Allen Productions (stop-motion animation and miniatures)
• Doublin Effects (finger creature and dog effects)
• K.N.B. Effects Group
• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects and bride effects creating)
• Magical Media Industries (dr. hill's head and bat-wing effects)
• SPFX Inc. (special mechanical effects)
• Screaming Mad George Inc. (special makeup effects and crypt sequence)

Also Known As:

Re-Animator 2 (UK)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Germany:18 (video rating) (cut) | Germany:Not Rated (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1998) (2002) | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (re-rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Wild Street

Trivia:

At one point Dr. West suggests that the noises coming from his laboratory wall are just "probably rats in the wall". This is a reference to one of H.P. Lovecraft's better known stories "Rats In The Wall".

Goofs:

Continuity: After Dr. Graves cuts the bat open that he injects with the serum, the bat has a hole in its stomach. After it attacks him and Dr. Graves pins it down, there is no hole in the bat's stomach

Quotes:

Dr. Herbert West: Pure potentiality, the primordial ooze from which life originates.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (2004)

Fun but unsatisfying...

Such a hard act to follow. The original Re-Animator was amazing for two reasons: it was a knockout horror flick smack in the middle of the 80's, and it was a knockout horror flick based on the writings of HP Lovecraft. Loaded with daring ideas and sexual energy, it took everyone by surprise. The sequel could have been more of a failure. After all, just the weight of trying to follow such a grand film as the original is daunting. Yuzna and his crew perform admirably, and much of the film is nicely twisted. I especially like Dr. West's couplings of various appendages and organs to make all sorts of weird ambulatory critters. Much of Lovecraft's pulp mechanations (he disliked the finished stories) remain, just as in the first film. Essentially, the grander the experiments West and his colleague contrive, the more costly (and gory)the failure. Screaming Mad George's effects certainly are the highlights. The film moves at a decent clip, but ultimately just can't come together. The humor is far more showy--a bit too much winking and nudging--and detracts from the horror. I would have liked to have seen more hunger in this film, more of a desire to really do a job on the audience. Yuzna and co. make a film that's just a bit too content for my tastes. If you see this flick, by all means check it out. It certainly doesn't fall on its face. The first film just had more of a swagger to it, is all.