The original “Re-Animator” is a horror comedy classic and while “Bride Of Re-Animator” features many of the same cast members and the same great special effects as the original, there is just something missing this time around.

Doctor Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs “The Frighteners”) and the reluctant Doctor Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott “Bad Dreams”) discover the secret of creating human life and intend to make the perfect woman using the body parts of various deceased women. They might just get away with playing God but a police officer is on their case and Doctor Hill (David Gale) wants his revenge.

Jeffrey Combs is great as Herbert West and by this point, he really is at the Doctor Frankenstein level of ambition with his desire to create a new being by snitching together different parts of the dead. Bruce Abbott is alright as Dan Cain. The other characters are okay but just like in the first movie, it’s Herbert West that steals the show. There are some intriguing creations in this film such as a collection of fingers with an eye that scampers about as well as a dog with his missing leg replaced by a human arm and the effects for all the creatures look great.

The big problem with “Bride Of Re-Animator” is that the movie doesn’t really offer a lot that wasn’t in the first movie and I don’t think it does anything better than that one. This movie is worth checking out if, like me, you really enjoyed the first “Re-Animator” but for those that weren’t so keen on it or haven’t seen it then there is no real point in seeing this movie. This is a movie that sits at that uncomfortable level where you can’t really bash it because it’s not bad yet you can’t really praise it as you weren’t particularly impressed with it.