RE-ANIMATOR (1985): The $900K Gorefest the MPAA Couldn't Kill | Horror Facts

A first-time director, nine hundred thousand dollars, and the goriest horror comedy ever filmed. RE-ANIMATOR (1985) went from a Chicago theater provocateur's wild idea to an unrated box office hit the MPAA wouldn't touch. In this episode of Horror Facts: the arrested-for-Peter-Pan director, the Lovecraft pulp story, the Empire Pictures deal, the brutal 18-day shoot, the casting of Jeffrey Combs, 24 gallons of fake blood, the infamous severed-head scene, the unrated release, the critics who caved — and the sequels, the musical, and the splatter zone. Chapters: 00:00 Cold Open 00:37 The Theater Provocateur 01:46 A Frankenstein Movie Over Drinks 02:56 From Stage to Screen 04:04 Three Writers, Zero Laughs 05:00 The Empire Deal 06:16 Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars 07:26 Casting the Mad Doctor 08:59 Blood, Guts and Glowing Green 10:13 The Man in the Pan 11:28 Unrated and Unashamed 13:05 The Critics Caved 13:57 Sequels, Stoners and the Splatter Zone All facts drawn from production coverage and interviews. Narration and music created originally for this channel. Subscribe to Horror Facts for the strange true stories behind your favorite horror movies.