Horror-Movies have dug up an interview that producers Brian Yuzna (the original Re-Animator) and Ray Haboush (The Last House of the Left) had with a spanish magazine called Fotogramas.They confirm that they are going ahead with the remake of Re-Animator and it will be shot entirely in Spain and will start as early as next summer.
Yuzna also confirms that this is not a new chapter in the Re-Animator saga, but a remake of the first one which follows a dedicated medical student and his girlfriend who work on reanimating dead tissue. Then one day a young gent by the name of Herbert West arrives on the scene with a peculiar formula that they try. Needless to say things happen that shouldn't and hilarious consequences ensue. By hilarious I mean gore, violence and undead things. As you probably know it is based on a H. P. Lovecraft tale.
Jeffrey Coombs, who played the lead in the original, will have a small part in the remake according to Yuzna, however he won't be reprising his role as Doctor Herbert West. Instead it will go to Ezra Godden, who has done some TV mainly but also starred in Daggon. Co-starring as his gf / fiancee will be Elisha Cuthbert. No word on the rest of the cast at this time though.
All in all, I think this will be worth watching. The original was great but I think a straight remake won't be too bad, plus todays effects should make it even more gruesome than the original. I also think that shooting it in Spain may give it a nice look to the finished film. Not too sure of the casting though. I know nothing about Godden so he may be great, but Elisha Cuthbert hasn't really done anything spectacular. However, Jeffrey Coombs is going to be in it so that's the main thing sorted.
By the way the image on this post features Dr Herbert West about to experiment on Cassie Hack in the excellent comic Hack / Slash.
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