Re-Animator Trilogy

Three-disc set includes: Re-Animator (1985)Grisly horror goodie, based on a tale by H.P. Lovecraft, follows two medical students who discover a serum that can bring the dead back to life. Unfortunately, the "re-animated" are unstoppable maniacs, and each severed limb and head takes on a life of it's own! Gruesome special effects and a macabre wit make this one stand out. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton star; directed by Stuart Gordon. 86 min. C/Rtg: R Bride Of Re-Animator (1990)Fresh from where the original lopped off, this outrageous horror film follows the further adventures of diabolical Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), whose gruesome experiments will leave you laughing and gasping at the same time. Here he attempts to use his Re-Animator serum to bring to a corpse comprised of body parts of various women... including the heart of his colleague's late fiancée. Bruce Abbott, Fabiana Udenio, and Kathleen Kinmont co-star. 99 min. C/Rtg: R Beyond Re-Animator (2003)Jeffrey Combs returns as deranged doc Herbert West in the third entry in the gore-filled cult saga. This time, an incarcerated West's experiments to remove a person's soul at the time of death and transfer it into a freshly re-animated corpse attract the attention of an eager young prison doctor with a personal connection to one of the sadistic scientist's previous victims. Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky co-star. 95 min. C/Rtg: R Region Free