Re-Animator (1985)

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Synopsis

Horror. A pair of medical students (Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott) become involved in experimenting with reanimating dead bodies.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and weapons violence, most involving zombies - blood and gory detail
• Portrayal of a sexual assault - female frontal nudity, detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
• Frequent female and male frontal, breast, and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context, often in a zombie context

Thematic elements

• Power and control
• Medical experimentation
• Hubris

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for gory violence and sexual violence

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