Beyond Re-Animator

2003 "They Thought Prison Would Be The Death Of Him. But For Dr. West, Death Is Only The Beginning."
5.7| 1h35m| R| en| More Info
Released: 04 April 2003 Released
Producted By: Vía Digital
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.re-animatorfilms.com/BeyondRe-Animator.html
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Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

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Smoreni Zmaj Sometimes sequels are better than original. In my opinion, this one is the best in franchise. Story continues in same manner, but this movie is put together more seriously than it's two prequels. I really enjoyed this very much.7/10
Scarecrow-88 Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) just can't stop trying to bring the dead back to life using his neon green experimental serum, with a corpse (without its mouth) attacking the sister of a boy in their kitchen. West is arrested and sent away to a nasty warden's (Simón Andreu) prison, somewhat prevented from continuing his experiments. He has developed a type of "nanoplasm" which might can correct the deranged reactions of the green serum on humans after they die…too bad this nanoplasm, like the green liquid, has certain "side effects". Nanoplasm must be "extracted" through electrocution from one life form and then transplanted to another…what this does is transfer the actual presence of the one into the other. The boy who witnessed his daughter's death has grown into a doctor (Jason Barry, top five of his class) and received a post at the very prison West is interred. He wants to work with West, still holding onto a vial of his magic juice which begins a series of loony events that will lead to crazed corpses biting tits, a half-torso rat-loving jailbird swinging around on a rope, a bald-headed, Catholic-guilt, steel-toothed heart attack victim trying to swallow a giant rat, rat energy transplanted into the warden which causes him to react like a rodent (!), an addict who injects the green fluid and literally bursts at the seams, West literally electrocuting a zombie in the chair (!), a strangled victim of the warden (Elsa Pataky, portraying a reporter looking for a story inside the "death house") brought back to life and then unfortunately given nanoplasm culled from the very man who killed her, among other crazy shenanigans in this special effects extravaganza. You literally see the warden's "lifeforce" coursing through Pataky as she tries to fight him away, unsuccessfully. Severed heads, penis and eyeballs are active participants, hanging prisoners kicking their feet as the sadistic warden wants to continue to punish them even after death (!), plenty of warden wielding his silver-tipped cane, lots of Pataky which is never a bad thing, and a riot turning convicts on guards. The religious nut (Nico Baixas) is a hoot, seemingly innocent yet encumbered with an insatiable appetite thanks to his resurrection; his reaching to the sky as the light emerges with SWAT blasting away sends him off with a bang. Combs is in fine form, still arrogant and brilliant as West, too absorbed in seeing that his work escapes failure, with plenty of sacrificial lambs proving otherwise. At least this film allows him to continue his work, as previous films seemed to indicate his demise. Lots of busy noise and in pure Brian Yuzna style, a real flair for gonzo gory carnage. Yuzna is an acquired taste, but he was always diving head first into the craziest of material, working in Spain at this point in his career. Andreu, as the main antagonist, is a real heel both alive and dead...in this series, although West is never technically a hero, he often is by default celebrated just because there is someone opposite him *even worse*.
lost-in-limbo It had been thirteen years since the last Re-Animator feature; "Bride of Re-Animator". So producer / director Brian Yuzna would return to the helm along with Jeffrey Combs (stolidly in touch) reprising his signature role as mad scientist Dr. Herbert West, who's risky ambitions leaves a lot of bloody corpses twitching over. The sequels were never a patch on the original, but "Bride" and "Beyond" are solid enough follow-ups. Again the low-budget "Beyond" virtually keeps the same ideas and structure as the previous entries, but this time gives it a change of scenery. It's confined as West is back to his old ways, but behind bars.After the Miskatonic University massacre Dr. Herbert West was sentenced to prison after having state's evidence turned against him by his former assistant. After serving thirteen years, he meets the new prison doctor Dr. Howard Phillip who wants him to be his assistant, but the real motivation for choosing West is for his work on re-animating corpses. Phillip's sister was killed by one of West's creations and he witnessed it. So the pair go about continuing these experiments, despite the sadistic prison warden and a snooping newspaper reporter who Dr. Phillip seems to fancy.The gore, nastiness and macabre dark humour is still pumping through the veins, as Yuzna injects it with the glowing green elixir for it to really lurch out. The plot doesn't offer much in the way of surprises, as usual a female comes between the men and their work in what only ends in tragedy. "Watch out for her. She's trouble." The script manages to expand on West's theories, which helps it move forward, but Yuzna never loses sight of its unpleasant and monstrous details. Screaming Mad George come up with the ghastly creations and delivers some creative F/X work. It really comes in to its own during the chaotically bloody prison riot stages, but even the opening of the film is a twisted delight. The performances are modest by Jason Berry and Elsa Pataky, but Simon Andreu is good fun as the Warden. While Combs just can't don anything wrong."Beyond Re-Animator" is exaggerated schlock for those desiring a cheap hit."I want to help people. Not create mindless freaks."
lastliberal Young Howard (Tommy Dean Musset) loses his sister (Bárbara Elorrieta) to a zombie (Ángel Plana) and becomes a doctor (Jason Barry) to gain access to the man (Jeffrey Combs) who can bring her back to life.The special effects are outstanding, and the sexual tension with Laura (Elsa Pataky), an investigative reporter is a driving force in the movie. Of course, she only teases us with her voluptuousness. We have to rely on nurse Vanessa (Raquel Gribler) to give us the money shot before her tit is bitten off.The slimy warden, played by Simón Andreu, is brilliant. There are plenty of other interesting characters in the prison where Dr. West (Combs) is incarcerated.Things get downright gruesome, and wildly hilarious, after a prison riot and make sure you stay through the credits.