Herbert West is about to manifest in an Italian-made web and TV series, and eventually a feature film. Yet another incarnation of this fascinating character, in addition to H.P. Lovecraft’s original, the “Re-Animator” movies directed by Stuart Gordon and featuring Jeffrey Combs, and, of course, the series of novels by one Audrey Driscoll.
Everyone knows and loves the masterful 1985 horror comedy Re-Animator. Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna and Charles Band, the proudly unrated sex and splatter shocker based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, won the hearts of horror fans and mainstream critics and put Gordon on the map. And now, 32 years later, an intrepid band of Italians are reviving the source story for a web and TV series.
Read more at http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/858595-re-animator-is-now-an-italian-series#8oLxm0Y15ivjPC9i.99Death… is just the beginning.
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Looking forward to that one, Audrey. Here at Whelk Towers we love a bit of unrated sex and splatter.
Well, our graphics editor, The Artful Dodger, does anyway. Right Dodge? *ducks flying barstool*
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Don’t know how much S&S there will be in the Italian version. It’s supposed to be Serious.
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Hopefully, they’ll veer more toward the intellectual complexity of Driscoll than the gross-out shallows of Gordon.
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Thank you, Dave. I agree; I watched the first Re-Animator movie and found it more gross than interesting.
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That was my thought: the rubber masks and gore might be better than average, but I’m drawn to Lovecraft for the cosmic dread and existential weirdness rather than straight shock value.
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Somehow I think HPL wouldn’t be too impressed with the movie version of his story. On the other hand, he apparently didn’t consider it among his better works.
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Given he didn’t really go for romance, I suspect he’d find many film adaptations less than ideal.
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Very likely!
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Great news! I hope that this translates into recognition for your work!
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Thanks, John. This new version from Italy is supposed to be a serious take on the HPL original, so therefore maybe more like my books. Now, if someone wanted to base a film on those, I would be interested in all kinds of ways. 😃
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