Re-Animator is getting a limited edition Blu-ray release on July 25 via Arrow Video. The 1985 horror-comedy classic has received new 2K restorations of both the unrated and integral versions of the film.
The two-disc Digipak set features new artwork by Justin Erickson. The set includes a collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Gingold and a reprint of the 1991 Re-Animator comic book adaptation.
Loosely based on a novella by H.P. Lovecraft, Re-Animator is directed by Stuart Gordon (From Beyond). Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, and David Gale star.
Special features are listed below, with more to be announced.
Disc 1:
- Unrated version (86 mins)
- Audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon
- Audio commentary with producer Brian Yuzna, actors Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Bruce Abbott, and Robert Sampson
- Re-Animator Resurrectus – documentary on the making of the film featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew
- Interview with director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna
- Interview with writer Dennis Paoli
- Interview with composer Richard Band
- Music discussion with composer Richard Band
- Interview with former Fangoria editor Tony Timpone
- Barbara Crampton In Conversation – a career-spanning discussion with the actress by journalist Alan Jones
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Trailer & TV spots
Disc 2:
- Integral version [105 mins]
- A Guide to Lovecraftian Cinema – brand new featurette looking at the
many cinematic incarnations of writer H.P. Lovecraft’s work
One of the most wildly popular horror movies of all-time, Stuart Gordon’s enduring splatter-comedy classic Re-Animator returns to Blu-ray in a stunning restoration packed with special features! When medical student Dean Cain advertises for a roommate, he soon finds one in the form of Dr. Herbert West. Initially a little eccentric, it some becomes clear that West entertains some seriously outlandish theories – specifically, the possibility of re-animating the dead. It’s not long before Dean finds himself under West’s influence, and embroiled in a serious of ghoulish experiments which threaten to go wildly out of control