One-Sheet Wonders! – RE-ANIMATOR (1985)

Some of the greatest horror taglines of all time are so damn good, society chose to fold them into our permanent lexicon. These marketing bon mots from such films as ALIEN (1979), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), and THE FLY (1986) have become as well-known as the classic films that birthed them.

Stuart Gordon’s go-for-broke adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “Herbert West – Reanimator” is no exception: “Herbert West has a very good head on his shoulders…and another one in a dish on his desk!” Not only is this statement throwing down the horror gauntlet to get audiences into theater seats, it’s almost perfectly aligned with Gordon’s gloriously icky black humor.

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