Synopsis: The arrival of medical student Herbet West sets of a series of experiments on the quiet medical campus of Miskatonic University.
The Good: Jeffrey Combs version of Herbert West is one of my all time favourite fictional characters. He just has a deadpan delivery that I love and he's perfect at playing creepy obsessive. Bruce Abbot's Dan is a great protagonist and Barbara Crampton is a classic scream queen. David Gale's Dr. Hill is so creepy (especially after being decapitated and trying to go down on co-ed).
The Bad: I love this movie so I don't really have anything bad to say. The head scene is icky/creepy, but other than that I have no complaints.
Final Thoughts: I'm super stoked. This is my favourite horror movie and I was able to watch a 4K restoration of it at Gateway Film Center last night.
In Your Game: Here are some goodies for Slashers & Victims Light (and by extension Swords & Wizardry Light).
Reanimating Reagent - This glowing green liquid, when injected into a corpse, will reanimate dead flesh. These reanimated corpses may retain some of their memories, but will function on a violent animalistic level. While extremely dangerous (and addictive) it can be used on living beings to focus the mind (and provide euphoria). Living subjects get a +4 on all mental-based rolls for 2d6 hours.
Reanimated
AC 9 [10] HD: 2 Attacks: bite/claw (1d3) Special: Immune to sleep, charm Move: 12
The reainamted don't technically die at 0 HP. At that point they are considered dismembered/disabled, but body parts can still move and technically attack.
Total Movies Watched: 35
Yep, one of my favorites as well.
ReplyDeleteSo awesome that you got to catch it on the big screen...!
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