Starring: Jeffery Combs, Barbara Crampton, and Ken Foree.
The team that brought us the amazing, one of a kind, "Re-Animator" film follows it up with another H.P. Lovecraft tale. In print, the story that the film is based on is anywhere from 5 to 10 pages, depending on the format of the publication. Dr. Crawford Tillinghast, (Jeffery Combs), was working on an experiment with his partner, Dr. Edward Pretorius, (an homage to 'Bride of Frankenstien). When the experiment worked with horrific results, Tillinghast is halled away to an asylum. Enter Dr. Catherine McMichaels, (Barbara Crampton), who believes Tillinghast's tales of the creatures from beyond. She manages to get him released into her care to prove his story, along for the ride is cop, former football player, Bubba Brownlee, (Ken Forree) to keep an eye on the alleged murdering doctor.
Doctor Catherine is eager to find out what's on the other side as she secretly turns on the wretched machine. It would seem that Dr. Pretorius is still alive, in the other dimension, that is. Pretoris' sexual predilictions of S&M are explored, which is a subject that Lovecraft stayed hundreds of miles away from. There are only a few women in his complete collection of stories. Anyway, things happen, there's bloody mayhem and crazy imagery.
At the end of the day, when you sit down and think, "hey, i'd like to watch a fairly crazy horror film full of gore, creatures, and some 1980's S&M," this is what you want to watch. Of course Jeffery Combs is amazing, as always. Who doesn't love sucking brains out of eye sockets?
This pic should be on a valentine's day card saying "i heart you".
[oh, and Pretorius is kinda uncomfortably hairy.]
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