BEYOND REANIMATOR is a boring, obviously cheaply made follow-up to RE-ANIMATOR and BRIDE OF REANIMATOR (2 far better films...). This one has the infamous Dr. West in prison and experimenting on rats since it's all he can get a hold of in terms of "patients". I'm not really gonna bother explaining any more of the film, because by about 20 minutes into it, I lost all interest. Not enough gore, a few silly scenes - nothing of any real merit. I was really disappointed with this one. I know a lot of other RE-ANIMATOR fans seem to like this one a lot, maybe we didn't see the same film. For what it's worth, I say stay away from this one...3/10

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Beyond Re-Animator

Some 14 years after Bride Of Re-animator, director Brian Yuzna's back with a cheapo sequel shot in Spain but there's not much evidence of life left in the series. On the plus side, cinema's best mad scientist Jeffrey Combs is back as the twitchy, ghoulish Herbert West, in the slammer but still able to advance his research until a few inadvisable and gory re-animations (excellent gloopy effects by Screaming Mad George) spark a climactic riot/massacre. On the minus side, the awful script's nothing to do with creator HP Lovecraft, the rest of the cast are dire and it all feels thrown together because Yuzna had access to a prison set - original director Stuart Gordon is badly missed. Still, there are some silly, trashy kicks to be had, not least of which must be the end credits battle between a zombie rat and a re-animated male member. Maybe it's meant to be a visual pun to the effect that the series has finally reached a dead end.

Comedic Horror film in the HP Lovecraft vein-based on the classic Reanimator film. This is third or fourth in the series and has Herbert West in prison but still continuing his experiments to bring back the dead. Gory and silly, with some genuinely clever bits, this is mostly a splatter comedy of a low brow nature. How low brow? A rat has a kung fu fight with a severed part of the male anatomy. I caught this on Monster HD and for the most part it amused me but I like this sort of thing, especially if its done well, which it kind of is here. Those who dislike blood or truly sick jokes need not bother. I don't think you can really say much beyond that. 6.5 out of 10

By now you'd think that people should be aware that bringing back dead people is not turning up being a good thing. Well except for the entertainemnt of the viewers of this of course. But people keep giving in, even being smitten by Jeffrey Combs character. But here we go again, for one last time (at least it looks that way, because the script for number 4 was apparently crazy - yes, even crazier than anything they've done up to this point). So get your green goo on and sit back and take it in. They may have lost a head (or rather the actor who was behind the head, may he rest in peace), but they found another actor for a similar role - you always need someone who is at least as evil as the one guy you may or may not be rooting for. And that ending ... too funny. And that is before the shadow play during the end credits!

Jeffrey Combs is the highlight in this horrible sequel. He maintains a sense of decency even though he is given next to nothing to work with. None of the other actors from the first two films return, leaving Combs on his own and there isn't anything added into the movie to make up for that. This is one of those movies that is made in another country with a mostly foreign cast that has their dialogue dubbed. It's painful to sit through. The payoff? Watching a movie that rehashes the first film and ends with a rat fighting a severed *. Not something I ever wanted to see or type. It's time to move on Brian, grieve and move on. Re-Animator is dead.

BEYOND REANIMATOR is a boring, obviously cheaply made follow-up to RE-ANIMATOR and BRIDE OF REANIMATOR (2 far better films...). This one has the infamous Dr. West in prison and experimenting on rats since it's all he can get a hold of in terms of "patients". I'm not really gonna bother explaining any more of the film, because by about 20 minutes into it, I lost all interest. Not enough gore, a few silly scenes - nothing of any real merit. I was really disappointed with this one. I know a lot of other RE-ANIMATOR fans seem to like this one a lot, maybe we didn't see the same film. For what it's worth, I say stay away from this one...3/10

It's been well over a decade since we last saw Herbert West and now he's finally back. It seems his past has finally caught up with him as he is now currently serving a jail sentence for the gory mayhem his re-animated corpses have caused. The arrival of a new young doctor, who wants to help West, results in West being back in business. The best thing about this film is Jeffrey Combs. He slips back into the role of Herbert West effortlessly. The gore effects courtesy of Screaming Mad George are also a highlight. While not as good as the original, it's about even with Bride Of Re-Animator. I hope there'll be further instalments. Oh and continue watching during the end credits.

After causing the Miskatonic University Massacre,Dr.Herbert West has been serving a prison sentence for the past 14 years.Far from overcoming his scientific obsession with bringing dead organisms back to life,he has had no choice but to continue his experiments on the only specimens he can find in his cell:rats.When Howard,a new young doctor,comes to work as the prison MD and requests his assistance,Dr.West discovers that the young protege has something he left behind 14 years ago..."Beyond Re-Animator" is an enjoyable horror flick that offers plenty of gore.It's nice to see Jeffrey Combs again as Herbert West.The acting is okay and and there is a lot of zombies running around plus a nice dose of black humour(a bitten-off re-animated * which has a rather hilarious fight with a re-animated rat).This film is surely not as good as "Re-Animator",but if you want to be entertained give it a look.7 out of 10.