Beyond Re-Animator

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Beyond Re-Animator

R

2003

1h 33m

Horror

Comedy

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5,000+ Ratings

When he was young, Howard Phillips (Jason Barry) watched his sister get torn apart by one of Dr. Herbert West's (Jeffrey Combs) reanimated corpses. Phillips, now a doctor, is so eager to learn more about the mad doctor's attempts to bring back the dead that he accepts a position at the prison where West is being held. Phillips delves further into West's gruesome research, which attracts the attention of a local reporter (Elsa Pataky) and the cruel prison warden (Simón Andreu).

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Critics Consensus

Beyond Re-Animator substitutes relentless gore and juvenile shock for genuine tension, offering sporadic visual inventiveness and campy black comedy but largely collapsing into queasy spectacle with little substance.

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Fiona Sturges

Independent (UK)

May 6, 2026

1/5

The plenty of guts and goo to keep lovers of the splatter-fest genre entertained, though less in the way of dramatic tension.

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Sean Plummer

Toronto Star

Apr 25, 2012

There's less hore than previous films but more cheese, plus some devilish black humour.

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Jonathan Holland

Variety

Jul 6, 2010

A lengthy final sequence shows Yuzna can still turn up witty visual novelties in a genre he helped to invent, and his hearty commitment to such nonsense makes the slickly produced pic engaging.

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Derek Cottle

Winnipeg Sun

May 6, 2026

Beyond Re-Animator will freak you out and make you laugh and question your sanity.

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Keri O'Shea

Sex Gore Mutants

May 6, 2026

This is not a giant of a film, but has enough going on that it doesn’t disgrace the Re-Animator name while throwing in enough new (often literal) gags to carry it along.

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Ian Simmons

Kicking the Seat

May 5, 2026

Beyond Re-Animator is the worst picture of the trilogy.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 10, 2026

Beyond Re-Animator = a 2.5 star Movie.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 4, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Justin T

@RT08580778 Jul 14, 2025

Beyond starts strongly but not as good as Bride. Somehow this visually looks the worst of the trilogy. The acting and characters are the weakest too, excluding Jeffrey Combs who is excellent as always. Except for the great new version of the theme music during the opening, the music is weak as well. At least the dialogue quality sounds excellent. It has such a strong concept with disappointing execution. The chaos of the lunatics taking over the asylum was disappointingly unchaotic. There are some really fantastic practical gore effects, but the digital effects have not aged well. It’s entertaining but far from a classic, stick to the first two and skip this one as it’s a bit dubious. Very disappointing ending, really lacked a conclusion or coherence. It probably leaned too heavily into the comedy side to cover the other flaws. Ultimately I think I blame the direction for the drop in quality compared to the previous.

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Cees T

@RT15093300 Oct 21, 2023

5.7 - Rather dubious.

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tiago d

@RT59041212 Sep 14, 2022

Filme divertido! Menos criativo que os anteriores, com algumas cenas desnecessaria. A torca de parceria do protagonista não convence muito e a make nesse está ruim. Porém serve para estender a diversão para os fãs dos dois primeiros filmes

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Jan 10, 2022

Despite the fact it's decades later, this movie still manages to keep some of the absurd fun and flavor of the 80s stuff, while also bringing in some fresh ideas and whole new age of lunacy.

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Synopsis

When he was young, Howard Phillips (Jason Barry) watched his sister get torn apart by one of Dr. Herbert West's (Jeffrey Combs) reanimated corpses. Phillips, now a doctor, is so eager to learn more about the mad doctor's attempts to bring back the dead that he accepts a position at the prison where West is being held. Phillips delves further into West's gruesome research, which attracts the attention of a local reporter (Elsa Pataky) and the cruel prison warden (Simón Andreu).

Director: Brian Yuzna
Producer: Carlos Fernández, Brian Yuzna, Julio Fernández
Screenwriter: Jaime Osorio Gómez
Production Co: Canal+ España, Fantastic Factory (Filmax), Castelao Producciones S.A.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround

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