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'Re-Animator' (1985) Lives Again as Second Sight Films Revive a Horror Cult Classic

Box cover of "Re-Animator" with a neon green syringe, a man in glasses, and a couple embracing. Background shows a cat and a brain outline.
Re-Animator (1985) Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-Ray from Second Sight Films
December 19, 2025

Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (1985) didn’t just adapt H.P. Lovecraft — it electrified him. Bursting with outrageous gore, perverse humour, and a madcap energy rarely matched in 1980s horror, the film quickly earned its reputation as a cult classic that thrived on controversy and excess. Long celebrated for its fearless commitment to chaos, Re-Animator now returns reanimated once more, unveiled in a meticulously restored Limited Edition 4K release from Second Sight Films that finally gives Gordon’s splatter masterpiece the treatment it deserves.


Release Details

Label: Second Sight Films

Formats: Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray & Standard Edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray

Release Date: December 15 



What's Included in This Release

Special Features 

  • New 4k restoration approved by Producer Brian Yuzna

  • UHD Presented in HDR with Dolby Vision

  • Dual format 3 disc edition including 1 UHD and 2 Blu-rays with main feature and bonus features on both discs

  • Includes the Integral Version in HD

  • New Audio Commentary by Eddie Falvey

  • Audio Commentary with Director Stuart Gordon

  • Audio Commentary with Producer Brian Yuzna and Actors Bruce Abbott, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Robert Sampson

  • The Cosmic Horror of HP Lovecraft: a video essay by Mike Muncer

  • Re-Animator at 40: conversation with Actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, and Producer Brian Yuzna

  • Piece By Piece: Cutting Re-Animator: an interview with Editor Lee Percy

  • Suzie Sorority and The Good College Boy: an interview with Actor Carolyn Purdy-Gordon

  • The Horror of it All: The Legacy and Impact of Re-Animator

  • Barbara Crampton in Conversation

  • A Guide to Lovecraftian Cinema

  • Re-Animator Resurrectus

  • Interview with Director Stuart Gordon and Producer Brian Yuzna

  • Interview with Writer Dennis Paoli

  • Interview with Composer Richard Band

  • Interview with former Fangoria Editor Tony Timpone

  • Extended Scenes

  • Deleted Scene

  • Theatrical Trailer

  • TV Spots Still

  • Gallery


Limited Edition Contents

  • Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi

  • 120-page book with new essays by Sean Abley, Becky Darke, Lindsay Hallam, Josh Hurtado, Michelle Kisner, Justin LaLiberty, Phil Nobile Jr and Heather Wixson

  • 6 collectors' art cards 


Why This Release Matters

Often remembered for its excess — the geysers of gore, the outrageous humour, the audacity of it all — Re-Animator is far more than a midnight-movie shocker. Beneath the splatter is a fiercely inventive piece of independent filmmaking that channelled Lovecraft through punk energy and B-movie bravado, reshaping the limits of 1980s horror in the process. This Second Sight Films release matters because it finally allows the film to be seen, heard, and appreciated in full, free from the compromises of earlier home editions. Restored with care and intent, Re-Animator is returned to its rightful place: not just as a cult sensation, but as a vital, influential work that continues to pulse with anarchic life decades on.


Where to Buy

You can pick up both the Limited Edition and Standard Blu-ray/4K releases directly through Second Sight Films and major physical media retailers.


Ready to add this must have to your collection? Re-Animator (1985) Second Sight Films release is available now — don’t miss it.


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