Comment on What movies have you watched this week?
Apeman42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
After rewatching Justice League Unlimited last week and remembering he voiced The Question, I’ve been having myself a little Jeffrey Combs film fest.
Watched all 3 Re-Animators and The Frighteners. I’ll probably keep it going with From Beyond and/or Castle Freak, neither of which I’ve seen yet.
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are the Re-Animator sequels worth a watch? I love the OG, but I’ve always assumed any sequels would lack its charm.
Apeman42@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I think so. There are 4k remasters of both on youtube.
Bride of Re-Animator (2nd one) is good, and still pretty coherent (for Re-Animator anyway). It’s also got one of my favorite speeches from West. It’s based off the chapters of the Lovecraft story the first one didn’t cover. It kicks off with West and Cain from the first one trying to rebuild Meg from spare parts.
Beyond Re-Animator is, if I’m honest, a narrative mess with plot holes you could drive a truck through, but it’s still pretty fun. It’s not based on the Lovecraft story at all, they made up some stuff with West in a prison for the actual 13 years since the last one. A new prison doctor who’s been following his work helps him make some new reagent and shit gets out of hand.
Beyond has some of my favorite undead in the series though. A junkie gets a vial and shoots up with it, while he’s still alive. It goes… poorly.
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, consider me sold. Messy, but entertaining is exactly what I’d hope for from the sequels. Thanks for taking the time to reply!