Some 14 years after Bride Of Re-animator, director Brian Yuzna's back with a cheapo sequel shot in Spain but there's not much evidence of life left in the series.
On the plus side, cinema's best mad scientist Jeffrey Combs is back as the twitchy, ghoulish Herbert West, in the slammer but still able to advance his research until a few inadvisable and gory re-animations (excellent gloopy effects by Screaming Mad George) spark a climactic riot/massacre.
On the minus side, the awful script's nothing to do with creator HP Lovecraft, the rest of the cast are dire and it all feels thrown together because Yuzna had access to a prison set - original director Stuart Gordon is badly missed.
Still, there are some silly, trashy kicks to be had, not least of which must be the end credits battle between a zombie rat and a re-animated male member. Maybe it's meant to be a visual pun to the effect that the series has finally reached a dead end.
On the plus side, cinema's best mad scientist Jeffrey Combs is back as the twitchy, ghoulish Herbert West, in the slammer but still able to advance his research until a few inadvisable and gory re-animations (excellent gloopy effects by Screaming Mad George) spark a climactic riot/massacre.
On the minus side, the awful script's nothing to do with creator HP Lovecraft, the rest of the cast are dire and it all feels thrown together because Yuzna had access to a prison set - original director Stuart Gordon is badly missed.
Still, there are some silly, trashy kicks to be had, not least of which must be the end credits battle between a zombie rat and a re-animated male member. Maybe it's meant to be a visual pun to the effect that the series has finally reached a dead end.