Re-Animator

The Movie Tie-in Novel

By: Jeff Rovin

Narrated by: Christian Francis

The novelization of the cult horror film Re-Animator, H.P. Lovecraft’s wildly outrageous tale of grisly horror that has become a modern cult-classic overnight, comes to audiobook to haunt, thrill, and delight the mad scientist in us all.

Reanimation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests his secret life-rejuvenating potion on some cooperative corpses at a local morgue. It’s a success! But only a temporary one - as the dead spring to life, reacting violently to their reanimation.

Zombies are loose, and now, West cannot control the very beasts he has recreated. The born-again dead are unstoppable, and even severed body parts take on life like so many split worms! Herbert West has a serious problem. Will he become the first in a new breed of headhunters, or are all of his woes coming to a head?

Re-Animator - an intense book of macabre humor.

©1987 Brian Yuzna (P)2020 Mark Alan Miller

Fun take for a fan of the movie

Like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, another novelization that's probably closer to 3 1/2 stars than a full 4 and are probably more interesting to fans of the movie than to a new reader.

In this case, this likes to give us a lot of perspective on really minor characters in the movie, which is an odd way in, but is actually kind of fun for me as a fan of the movie.

A Fun & Engrossing Novelization

I bought the e-book and audiobook versions of Re-Animator, but I chose to listen to the audiobook for my first reading of this book. The audiobook is narrated by Christian Francis, who has been behind the microphone for many books, including the phenomenal Taking Shape books about the Halloween franchise. Christian also wrote and narrated the Wishmaster novelization, which is terrific. While he reads briskly, I enjoy his voice and think he did a fine job with Re-Animator.

As for the book itself, it is an expanded version of the movie we all know and love. The major characters are fleshed out more than they were in the film, and the supporting cast gets extra attention. At four hours and thirty-one minutes, the Re-Animator audiobook is a more fully realized representation of the Re-Animator world originally brought to life by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna. Re-Animator is a ticket to paradise for those who enjoyed the movie and want to envelop themselves in that environment while simultaneously bringing back fond memories of yore.

Hell yes.

This one’s pretty fun. Wild body horror zombie action that, at least than five hours, doesn’t overstay its welcome. The narrator does an especially good job making West seem like the impudent dork he is. It’s a fun, faithful interpretation of the movie. Aside from his performance for West, I don’t like the narrator’s style, and him British seems odd for a story that takes place in the US. But whatever, if you’re like me and you like descent novelizations off crazyass zombie movies, you’ll like this!

Took me right back to my childhood

I love all stories with a Lovecraftian theme. Movies as well. The Re-Animator movie was one of my absolute favorites. The portrayal of Herbert west was amazing. So finally being able to add the audio to my library is so awesome! The performance was spot on. I could visualize all of it as it was being read. A must for all horror fans and lovecraft fans. A true modern classic. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher