Line #6 Trivia/ReAnimator


1	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
2	** Brazil: ''Undead Time''
3	** Greece: ''Living-Dead''
4	** Japan: ''ZOMBIO: Drifting Spirits''
5	** Mexico: ''Satanic Resurrection''
6	** Portugal: ''The Malevolent Serum''
7	** Taiwan: ''Ghost Race''
8	** Thailand: ''Head Swapper''
9	* ContractualImmortality: Being played by Creator/JeffreyCombs ensures that West survives the gory finale of each film against all odds-- a sharp 180 degree inversion from the original novella, in which West ends up a victim of his reanimation subjects, torn to pieces by an undead mob.
10	* DevelopmentHell: The long-awaited fourth installment, ''House of Re-Animator'', where Dr. West is called on when the president dies, co-starring William H. Macy!
11	* HappyEnding: A RealLife example. David Gale had grown tired of acting and had been [[MoneyDearBoy doing it for the paycheck]] for years when he was cast. Much to his surprise, he realized that he ''loved'' hamming it up and actually wrote director Stuart Gordon a note thanking him for "''re-animating [his] love of acting.''" Gale's agent put the word out that he would be interested in more sci-fi and horror films. Because of Gale's awesome work as the loathsome Dr. Hill, he had his pick of roles until his death years later.
12	* MoneyDearBoy: The original short stories. Lovecraft never really liked his ''Re-animator'' stories and wrote them only because he got five dollars per installment.
13	* RecursiveAdaptation: A {{Novelization}} of the movie by Jeff Rovin (who also novelized ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''), with lots of AdaptationExpansion for the movie's universe, including greatly expanding on Herbert's relationship with Dr. Gruber.
14	* TypeCasting: Herbert West was one of Jeffrey Combs' first lead roles, which is why almost everything he's done since, [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine with some notable exceptions]], has been {{Horror}}, and mostly [[LovecraftOnFilm Lovecraftian Horror]], at that.
15	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There have been rumors of a fourth movie entitled ''House of Re-Animator'' which has been denied by Jeffrey Combs on numerous occasions. The movie would involve Herbert West moving into the White House and reanimating the deceased vice president. Creator/StuartGordon has stated that while he did originally intend to create this film, he saw no need for a political satire after the end of the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush administration]]. The planned film gets referenced at the end of the crossover with ''ComicBook/HackSlash'', where West takes an emergency call from the White House.
16	** Brian Yuzna has also planned two other [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/7883/all-three-new-re-animator-sequel-titles-plots-revealed/ sequels]]: ''Re-Animator Unbound!'' and ''Re-Animator Begins''. The former involves West working in a war zone and coming across the [[EldritchAbomination Old Ones]]. The latter involves West losing his memory after his encounter with the Old Ones, reproducing his earliest experiments, and falling in love with a woman. We also see a flashback to West's childhood. But like ''House'', these seem to be on the back-burner.
17	** A YoungerAndHipper, HotterAndSexier television series was proposed, but nothing came of it. Read about it [[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/14356 here]] and [[http://www.chud.com/18382/re-animator-for-the-tween-set/ here]].
18	* WordOfSaintPaul:
19	** According to Bruce Abbott, Dan Cain is a ScholarshipStudent, which is why Dean Halsey withdraws his loan and why Dan is so distraught over the news.
20	** Creator/JeffreyCombs stated that Dr. West is asexual.
21	* When David Gale's wife first saw the infamous "giving head" scene, she stormed out shouting "David, how could you?!" [[http://totalscifionline.com/interviews/440-stuart-gordon-talking-heads This has been confirmed by Stuart Gordon.]]

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