Re-Animator

Dr. Gruber!

Doctor!

Herr West!

Herr West!

Come out!

Move back.

My God.

You idiots! You'll ruin my notes.

I have to record his vital signs!

No! No!

Dr. Gruber?

Dr. Gruber, How this happened?

Dr. Gruber?

He's dead.

Of course, he's dead, the dosage was too large.

You killed him.

No, I did not.

I gave him life.

All right, I'm gonna zap her again.

Charge up the paddles.

Come on, let's go! Let's go!

Sorry, doctor.

Hold the compressions.

Clear!

Straight line.

All right, let's call it.

Cain.

She just needs a little more time for the drugs to circulate.

Cain, we have done everything

that can be done for this woman.

She has not responded.

She's gone!

Cain, your optimism is touching, but a waste of time.

A good doctor knows when to stop.

- Dr. Harrod, just... - Tag her.

And take her to the morgue.

Gangway...

Mr. Cain.

Hey, Mace!

I got another one for you.

They ain't locked. Doc Hill's in the autopsy room.

Oh, thanks.

Don't know why they keep locked doors around here.

Nobody wants in...

and ain't nobody gettin' out.

Yup.

Full house.

Oh, I'm sorry, Dan. I didn't mean to scare you.

Oh, it wasn't too bad Dean Halsey.

I just didn't know anybody was here.

You mean, "anybody else".

Dan, this is Herbert West.

He'll be joining you in your third year.

He was doing independent research in Switzerland

with Dr. Gruber shortly before he died.

Mr. West, this is Daniel Cain,

one of Miskatonic Medical's

best young hopes for the future of medicine.

What were you researching?

Death.

Alan, we don't see you around here much anymore.

Well, I was just showing our newest student,

Herbert West here, the not-so-grand tour.

This should interest you, Carl.

He worked with Hans Gruber.

Mr. West?

This is our eminent brain researcher and grant machine, Dr. Carl Hill.

I know your work, Dr. Hill.

Quite well.

Your theory on the location of the will in the brain is...

interesting...

though derivative of Dr. Gruber's research in the early '70s.

So derivative, in fact, that in Europe it's considered plagiarized.

And your support of the 12-minute limit on the life of the brain stem after death...

Six to 12 minutes, Mr...

West. Herbert West.

Frankly, Dr. Hill?

Your work on brain death is outdated.

Carl, while I remember,

we're having a grant committee meeting Thursday.

Megan and I would love it if you came to dinner.

Well, I'd love to, Alan,

looking forward to it.

And looking forward to seeing you in class, Mr. West.

Hi.

No. No.

Yes! Oh, yes!

Rufus!

Thanks a lot, buddy.

I have to go.

No, stay.

Daddy knows I'm here.

I don't care what Dean Halsey knows.

Be reasonable.

If I didn't come home one night...

just one night...

What would he do?

Expel me?

He's out of touch with the times.

That's just the way he is,

the world's last living Puritan.

I really hate it.

The day that you graduate,

the minute you get your M.D., I'll marry you,

and I'll help you, and I'll be with you

as much as I can until then.

I promise.

Back to square one.

Well, at least it gives me a chance to housebreak you.

Housebroken, is it?

I'm going to have to teach you a lesson, my girl.

What are you doing?

Dan.

Dan... stop, don't.

Dan, stop it!

Come, my pretty.

Dan, I don't like that.

There's not a jury in the world that would convict me.

Dan, stop it!

Doctor Dan!

Dan, don't, come on, stop.

I really have to go.

Come here! Come to me.

- Oh. - What?

Oh, shit.

Hi.

Can I help you?

You're here about the apartment.

Yes.

Didn't we meet this morning? You're...

West. Herbert West.

Excuse me just one sec.

Come in.

Thank you.

I startled you.

Yes, you did.

May I introduce my fiancée, Megan Halsey?

- Miss Halsey. - Mr. West.

I'm afraid the place is still kind of a mess, Mr. West.

Oh... Herbert.

So, you've just come from Europe?

Switzerland.

What was Dr. Gruber like? He was pretty famous.

Yes, pretty famous...

Does this building have a basement?

Oh, yes.

Yes.

I think this will be just fine.

I have my things outside, shall I move in now?

Look, I have to go.

I think you and Mr. West have a lot to discuss

before you decide anything.

Oh, I've decided.

Well, I'd like-

You know, you'll never even know that I'm here.

Dan, I...

Except, of course, on the first of the month.

Mr. West?

Miss Halsey?

You didn't say why you left Switzerland.

There was no more I could learn there.

Do we... have a deal?

Done.

Done.

You make the incision at the base of the skull...

cutting away enough of the fascia...

to get your fingers in...

and then grasping firmly with both hands,

you pull the skin forward over the head,

very much like peeling a large orange.

Once the skull is plainly visible,

you take the bone saw...

And you cut around the perimeter.

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen,

the human brain.

Once the brain stem of an individual,

I'm talking about the reticular activating system,

heart regulation, respiratory center.

Once these activities cease,

the brain can only survive an additional six to 12 minutes.

Six to 12 minutes.

Until...

brain death brings about an irreversible conclusion.

We all want to retain our personalities

in some idyllic afterlife.

We all pray for some miracle,

some drug, potion, pill.

Perhaps, though, it takes something else.

Perhaps it takes desire, an obsessive desire.

Perhaps it takes-

We will discuss the location of the will in the brain structure

at another time.

Mr. West!

I suggest you get yourself a pen!

Class dismissed.

How can you teach such drivel?

These people are here to learn and you're closing their minds

before they even have a chance!

What are you here for, Mr. West?

You know, you should have stolen more of Gruber's ideas,