Does the dog die?
733 supporters
Re-Animator
Movie • 1985 • Sci-Fi
ReportSynopsis
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No
Your Triggers
Yes
6
No
61
1
Herbert's notes mention using the re-agent on dead dogs but this is not shown in the movie
paintedrocket
2 comments | Add comment
Needs More Answers
Yes
2
No
0
Abandonment
Yes
4
No
1
Is an animal abandoned?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
7
-1
A twice dead cat is abandoned by its owner.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Abuse
Yes
0
No
57
6
there are no children in re-animator or bride of re-animator
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
24
No
26
13
Woman slaps male partner twice.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
10
Is someone gaslighted?
44 supporters
Yes
38
No
18
8
Yes, repeatedly. Hill constantly gaslights people throughout the movie.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Is someone stalked?
1 supporters
Yes
53
No
0
3
Hill is revealed to have kept a file on Meg containing pictures and hair without her consent.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
1 supporters
Yes
19
No
1
0
The only woman's only apparent role is to be psychologically, physically, sexually, and medically brutalised throughout the film.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
13
0
No, but someone blackmailed into reanimating people later starts reanimating people of his own free will.
1 comment | Add comment
Addiction
Yes
0
No
54
Yes
44
No
13
6
the movie contains many shots of people/corpses receiving injections. there is also a scene in an extended edition of the main character injecting himself.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there addiction?
1 supporters
Yes
21
No
27
14
Only in the extended version there is a scene where it shows that Herbert is addicted to the reagent.
4 comments | Add comment
Animal
Are animals abused?
316 supporters
Yes
73
No
3
11
animals are experimented on, but only the cat is shown
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
74
No
15
14
A cat dies, is brought back to life, and then killed again onscreen, twice. It's obviously a puppet but the sound effects/gore can be a lot to take in.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
59
Is there a dead animal?
193 supporters
Yes
69
No
0
14
Yes, there is a black cat who dies, is re-animated, and then killed again. It is obviously a puppet for all of those scenes though
3 comments | Add comment
Is an animal sad?
154 supporters
Yes
10
No
2
3
Rufus the cat is reanimated twice and is shown to come back in pain the second time
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
57
Yes
0
No
52
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
12
Does a pet die?
1 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
3
A pet cat dies offscreen, is reanimated, and is killed in a violent way
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
0
No
52
Yes
0
No
59
Yes
0
No
9
Are rabbits harmed?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
13
0
Herbert's notes mention using the re-agent on dead rabbits but this isn't shown in the film
1 comment | Add comment
Does a cat die?
1 supporters
Yes
113
No
1
16
A dead cat is seen in a fridge. The cat later returns as a zombie and attacks two men. One of the men throws the zombie cat at a wall and it dies (again). We see an obviously fake cat with some gore on it, which is then re-animated once again.
6 comments | Add comment
Assault
Yes
34
No
2
3
Attempted rape but pretty close enough honestly
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
93
No
1
22
A woman, while unconscious and later conscious is groped and licked without her consent.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there pedophilia?
167 supporters
Yes
5
No
13
4
There are no children in the movie and nobody is described as or implied as being a pedophile.
3 comments | Add comment
Is rape mentioned?
122 supporters
Yes
9
No
3
1
you see someone get assaulted while they are naked (look at "is someone raped on screen?") so it isnt 'mentioned' it just kinda happens
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
13
Is someone drugged?
1 supporters
Yes
21
No
0
0
Several corpses are re-animated with a "re-agent" drug. Extended version shows the main character injecting himself.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone's mouth covered?
1 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
1
Meg's mouth is covered so she can't scream when she's kidnapped by her reanimated father. At the end of the movie a large intestine-like appendage restrains Herbert and covers his mouth. In both cases, muffled screaming and cries for help can be heard for several seconds.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone restrained?
1 supporters
Yes
36
No
0
5
Megan is strapped to a table against her will.
1 comment | Add comment
Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
148 supporters
Yes
65
No
1
4
Eyes popping and bleeding as well as eyes gouged out.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there excessive gore?
144 supporters
Yes
31
No
1
1
gore in this movie feels particularly gross
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
52
No
6
Is there body horror?
108 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
0
Odd that this wasn’t answered, it’s a huge part of the movie
2 comments | Add comment
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
84 supporters
Yes
49
No
0
9
A character has their fingers severed.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a head get squashed?
81 supporters
Yes
63
No
0
11
A severed head is thrown against a wall and splatters near the end of the film
2 comments | Add comment
Are any teeth damaged?
79 supporters
Yes
9
No
34
11
Mouths are very bloody after being attacked, though it is unclear if teeth are damaged.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
10
No
0
Is there cannibalism?
58 supporters
Yes
7
No
31
2
One of the Re-Animated engages in self cannibalism
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone buried alive?
54 supporters
Yes
1
No
35
-2
yes deez nuts
1 comment | Add comment
Is there amputation?
53 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
10
A man’s fingers are bitten off and a man’s head is cut off
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone struggle to breathe?
47 supporters
Yes
45
No
1
7
A character is strangled to death
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone asphyxiate?
46 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
2
Several characters are strangled, one to death
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
Does someone break a bone?
44 supporters
Yes
55
No
0
3
One of the re-animated corpses pushes a morgue's steel door over a man then jumps on it, crushing and breaking the man's bones causing him to bleed and then throws him around the room to death.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone choked?
33 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
0
yes, toward the end of the film
1 comment | Add comment
Are any hands damaged?
33 supporters
Yes
11
No
0
0
Dean Halsey gets his fingers bitten off by a zombie
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
Yes
5
No
1
Does someone fall down stairs?
22 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
0
Dan falls down his basement stairs after breaking down the door.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
Does someone become unconscious?
12 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
0
A woman is unconscious at several points.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shaving/cutting?
1 supporters
Yes
54
No
0
2
The scalp of a corpse is cut and peeled from the skull during a medical lesson.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
1 supporters
Yes
0
No
26
0
No, but a character receives nonconsensual genital stimulation that leaves her bloodied.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone crushed to death?
1 supporters
Yes
20
No
3
1
Are we forgetting Dean Halsey being crushed by that door?
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a seizure?
1 supporters
Yes
8
No
32
10
a few of the re-animated bodies have convulsions
2 comments | Add comment
Is there decapitation?
1 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
0
A character is decapitated and their severed head is shown repeatedly throughout the movie.
1 comment | Add comment
Children
Is a minor sexualized?
139 supporters
Yes
2
No
15
3
It is however implied in-universe that Dr. Hale has had predatory thoughts about Megan since she was a child (and even molested her in the comic adaptation)
1 comment | Add comment
Does a kid die?
113 supporters
Yes
0
No
56
4
All of the characters are adults
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Creepy Crawly
Yes
0
No
9
Death
Does a non-human character die?
58 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
1
A pet cat is killed twice.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
13
No
0
Yes
10
No
0
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
1 supporters
Yes
16
No
2
3
[SPOILERS] Was probably not part of their plan for the get-go but Herbert lets himself get devoured by the worm thing to let Dan and Megan escape with his notes…he’s confirmed to survive in the sequel so it’s not lethal though
2 comments | Add comment
Disability
Yes
0
No
22
Yes
1
No
7
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
26 supporters
Yes
20
No
1
7
a reanimated antagonist "overdoses" in a very unrealistic, fantastical way by being injected with excess reagent.
1 comment | Add comment
Family
Does a parent die?
42 supporters
Yes
66
No
0
13
A character's father died though he is brought back to life in zombie form and still maintains some of his own personality.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
38
Does a family member die?
33 supporters
Yes
10
No
0
0
refer to "does a parent die?"
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
29 supporters
Yes
3
No
42
17
i mean if you count how gay dan was for herbert than yes
4 comments | Add comment
Is someone kidnapped?
19 supporters
Yes
54
No
0
4
A girl is kidnapped by one of the re-animated corpses, but rescued soon after.
2 comments | Add comment
Fear
Yes
61
No
0
Is trypophobic content shown?
40 supporters
Yes
1
No
6
0
i didnt recall anything that could be however if it is a huge trigger maybe get somebody to watch it for you who knows your own boundaries with this!
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
8
Yes
0
No
50
Is there a shower scene?
15 supporters
Yes
1
No
48
7
No, but there is explicit nudity
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
52
Yes
0
No
11
Are there mannequins?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
7
4
There is no outright mannequin, but a man uses a rubber mask as a fake head for a few scenes.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone possessed?
1 supporters
Yes
3
No
42
8
No, but there is mind control
1 comment | Add comment
Gross
Does someone vomit?
175 supporters
Yes
10
No
39
17
Several of the re-animated corpses spit up blood or gunk but no one outright vomits.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
72 supporters
Yes
41
No
1
1
There are many squelch noises in bloody scenes, and speech/attempted speech through blood
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
4
No
4
Yes
0
No
24
Does someone spit?
21 supporters
Yes
39
No
11
13
people are shown spitting out blood
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
19
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
52 supporters
Yes
0
No
30
2
police/security are generally depicted as incompetent
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
11
Loss
Yes
0
No
9
Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
55 supporters
Yes
76
No
0
14
Multiple times throughout the movie needles are used to reanimate corpses
2 comments | Add comment
Is electro-therapy used?
35 supporters
Yes
4
No
48
10
No. However, a lobotomy is performed on a character offscreen.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
50
Is there a hospital scene?
22 supporters
Yes
70
No
0
10
A large portion of the film takes place in a hospital, as the characters are students.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Is there a mental institution scene?
1 supporters
Yes
61
No
2
12
Technically not a mental institution, but Dr. Hill puts the Re-Animated Halsey in a padded cell and straitjacket that he has in his office…I guess. Either way it involves asylum imagery
2 comments | Add comment
Mental Health
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
124 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
8
No
36
5
Yes, but only dead people. Seem banging their heads on walls, among other things.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
52 supporters
Yes
1
No
51
-1
No, but Meg does ask Dan if he's ever seen Herbert eat, which could be uncomfortable if you or someone you know has struggled with an eating disorder
1 comment | Add comment
Is autism misrepresented?
51 supporters
Yes
3
No
6
1
Herbert is kind of a negative autistic stereotype but it's not like they ever say that he's autistic.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
1
Is a mentally ill person violent?
48 supporters
Yes
5
No
17
2
Not unless a zombie with low mental faculties counts
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Yes
0
No
16
Is there body dysmorphia?
35 supporters
Yes
1
No
45
-2
Body horror
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
33 supporters
Yes
18
No
24
7
There is a scene where two characters are attacked in an elevator.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
5
No
2
0
There's a scene where Dan, the main character goes into shock and is in what appears to be a dissasociative state for the next few minutes.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ABA therapy?
22 supporters
Yes
0
No
12
2
autism is never mentioned in the movie so there is no ABA or other similar abusive "treatments" for autism depicted in the movie.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
2
No
5
Does someone have a meltdown?
13 supporters
Yes
4
No
4
0
A character goes into shock after witnessing a reanimation.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
1
No
50
6
In a way? a character's father (although dead and re-animated) sacrifices himself to save their loved one.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
43
20
yea herbert is super autistic and everyone is mean to him. not because hes autistic but cause hes a murder
5 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
1 supporters
Yes
40
No
11
12
yea dan has a anxiety attack (maybe????) during a scene
4 comments | Add comment
Natural Disasters
Yes
0
No
3
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
66 supporters
Yes
12
No
25
7
the only time that comes to mind is when Dan falls down a flight of stairs
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Yes
10
No
0
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
14
No
0
Are there flashing lights or images?
1 supporters
Yes
53
No
0
9
a light constantly swings in the basement as the two leads hunt a cat
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
22 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
0
A character is stalked.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
39
Prejudice
Yes
0
No
46
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
0
No
33
Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
Yes
10
No
33
7
In terms of casual ableism Megan calls Dan “insane” when he tries to explain what happened to her father
3 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
6
No
42
10
Herbert West is queer coded (and according to actor Jeffrey Combs, is asexual) and is seemingly killed off at the end, but his death is retconned/ignored in the next movie
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
Is a minority is misrepresented?
41 supporters
Yes
3
No
9
-1
You could argue Herbert isn’t a great depiction of asexual people (at least if you go with Jeffrey Comb’s reading) since it feeds into the stereotype of asexual people being sociopathic (edit: the aphobia category has since been added so I’ll also note that other minorities aren’t egregiously misrepresented)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
43
Yes
0
No
46
Does the black guy die first?
28 supporters
Yes
0
No
46
8
there are two black characters, though neither get any characterization. one is a security guard, who lives, the other is one of the reanimated corpses.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there aphobia?
27 supporters
Yes
8
No
11
4
Herbert West is asexual if you take “Word of Saint Paul” (in this case a 1996 interview with Jeffrey Combs) into account. And I love him, I really do; but he does meet a fair amount of criteria for the amoral asexual stereotype. Edit: Judging by how much downvotes I get every time I mention the asexual thing, because how DARE I try to contradict a popular headcanon, here is my primary source: https://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/villa/5949/shockint.html
2 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
9
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
46 supporters
Yes
25
No
0
6
An older man preys on and assaults a younger woman after being creepy towards her earlier.
1 comment | Add comment
Religious
Yes
2
No
5
Yes
0
No
8
Sex
Is there sexual content?
85 supporters
Yes
73
No
0
6
Early on the film a couple is shown finishing having sex, near the ending a girl is sexually assaulted by a re-animated corpse.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there nude scenes?
70 supporters
Yes
26
No
0
2
Many of the corpses are nude, and a female character is seen nude several times.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
38 supporters
Yes
0
No
7
-1
No, but a character is strapped down and assaulted against her will.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
27
No
0
Yes
6
No
54
2
No, but a father (heavily controlled by a third party) rips his daughter's clothes off and watches without putting up a fight as she is sexually assaulted. He isn't in a fully conscious state though, and this isn't sexual in his part at all. Could still be triggering for some.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Sexism
Yes
0
No
19
Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
42 supporters
Yes
2
No
12
0
No, but a character's father is lobotomized and begins acting differently, which could be triggering for some.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
14
Social
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
17
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
46
Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
Yes
57
No
2
4
Herbert is implied to die killed by the re-animated and Meg dies too after being strangled by a zombie and Dan failing to save her in a way that could be upsetting to some viewers.
3 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
45
Yes
0
No
46
Yes
0
No
47
Yes
0
No
15
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
Yes
68
No
0
7
LOTS of blood and gore. all practical effects.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
0
No
41
Yes
0
No
46
Where to Watch
