Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk.
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
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- Animal harm
- Graphic violence
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Cast
- Jeffrey CombsHerbert West
- Bruce AbbottDan Cain
- Barbara CramptonMegan Halsey
- David GaleDr. Carl Hill
- Robert SampsonDean Alan Halsey
- Carolyn Purdy-GordonDr. Harrod
- Peter KentMelvin the Re-Animated
- Ian Patrick WilliamsSwiss Professor
- Bunny SummersSwiss Woman Doctor
- Al BerryDr. Gruber
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- Stuart GordonDirector
- Dennis PaoliWriter
- William NorrisWriter
- Stuart GordonWriter
- H.P. LovecraftNovel
- Mac AhlbergDirector of Photography
- Richard BandOriginal Music Composer
- Lee PercyEditor
- Brian YuznaProducer
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