Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders...and another one on his desk.
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
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Short watch · 1h 26m
At 1h 26m it runs under 90 minutes.
More horror under 90 minutesScience Fiction · Comedy · Horror
TMDB files it under science fiction, comedy, and horror.
2 free · 4 to rent · 4 to buy
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7.1 / 10 on TMDB
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