Directed by Stuart Gordon. Written by Gordon, Dennis Paoli and William Norris, based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott and Barbara Crampton.
Plot: an odd medical student does experiments to reanimate dead tissue.
Let’s just apologize early for poo-pooing all over a “classic”, but we don’t really like this “gem”. The plot is simple enough. Herbert West (Combs), a medical student, comes to a new university with the idea of reanimating dead tissue. He’s already technically reanimated one person, but it went horribly wrong and he’s sure he can do better. So, he tries.
There’s a lot of nudity in this and we weren’t bothered by that, but of course, a cat had to take a lot of punishment during West’s studies and I could barely watch those parts. The acting was way too over-the-top. The effects were as well. Honestly, I just don’t see it as being as funny as most people I think. And it definitely doesn’t get better upon mutiple viewings. We tried.
I suppose I could list my favorite movies here, but instead I'll give you a strange glimpse into what makes me TaraRomero.
1. I love comic books. I'm particularly into anything X-Men related and everything Harley Quinn.
2. My celebrity crush is Chris Evans (AKA Captain America). He's even more political than I am and he's not afraid to show it, plus he's really, really hot.
3. I love baseball and more importantly the Boston Red Sox, even though I've never even been to Boston. LOL
4. If I won the lottery tomorrow, after paying off my debts, I'd buy a smallish house somewhere in Southern California. I have got to get out of Texas.
5. My cartoon hero is Tina Belcher. Her and I share a soul.
6. I've been rescuing dogs since I was a teenager and firmly believe that fur babies belong inside and on the furniture.
7. I'm very much addicted to Hallmark Channel. I love their sappy movies, especially the Christmas ones.
8. I have 2 tattoos. An "E" on my ankle for my first lost fur baby. And a ladybug on my wrist named George after George Romero told me he liked it. May he RIP.
9. I'm a bit of a night owl. Not that I go out a lot, it's just that I prefer to be up at night and asleep during the day. I'm a vampire like that.
10. I have an unhealthy relationship with potato chips. My favorite are Herr's Sour Cream & Onion.
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