Editing Re-Animator (section)

==Legacy==
''Re-Animator'' was followed by two sequels: ''[[Bride of Re-Animator]]'' in 1990 and ''[[Beyond Re-Animator]]'' in 2003. ''Re-Animator'' director [[Stuart Gordon]] directed another film based on an H. P. Lovecraft story, ''[[From Beyond (film)|From Beyond]]'' (1986); though it featured a story unrelated to ''Re-Animator'', it also starred both [[Jeffrey Combs]] and [[Barbara Crampton]].

In the book ''Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft'', producer-director Brian Yuzna mentions an idea that he had for a fourth ''Re-Animator''. This version would have been titled ''Island of Re-Animator'', and would have been strongly influenced by the [[H. G. Wells]] novel ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]''.

In the 1999 film [[American Beauty (1999 film)|''American Beauty'']], [[Kevin Spacey]] and [[Wes Bentley]]'s characters Lester Burnham and Ricky Fitts make mention of the film: while both are high on marijuana, Lester asks Ricky, "Did you ever see that movie where the body is walking around carrying its own head and then the head goes down on that babe?" They both laugh and Ricky replies, "''Re-Animator.''"

In 2011, a [[Re-Animator: The Musical|musical adaptation]] opened in New York, which director Gordon participated in.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/05/03/re-animator-the-musical-pumps-new-life-into-cult-favorite/ | title='Re-Animator the Musical' pumps new life into cult favorite | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=2011-05-03 | access-date=2013-01-01}}</ref>

In 1991, [[Adventure Publications|Adventure Comics]] released three officially licensed comic books based on the 1985 film. These included ''Re-Animator In Full Color'' #1-3 (an adaptation of the film), a one-shot entitled ''Re-Animator: Tales of Herbert West'' (which reprinted H.P. Lovecraft's original novelette), and a four issue series titled ''Re-Animator: Dawn of The Re-Animator'', a prequel series set in the middle of the 1985 film's prologue scenes. In 2008, the version of Herbert West from the three ''Re-Animator'' films appeared in an officially licensed crossover with [[Tim Seeley|Tim Seeley's]] creator-owned comic ''[[Hack/Slash]]'' #15-17 (set several years after the events of the ''Beyond Re-Animator'' film) published by [[Image Comics]]. Following the release of ''Hack/Slash'' #15, Brian Yuzna and Image Comics were sent a cease and desist letter from a company called ReAnimator LLC (owned by Nick Barucci, the president of comic publisher [[Dynamite Entertainment]]) claiming that they owned the trademark to "Re-Animator" and the Herbert West character for comic book publications. While ReAnimator LLC's notice did not have any true legal standing, ''Hack/Slash'' #16 and #17 were delayed, and removed the logo of the 1985 film from the cover.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Syxx |first=Kryten |date=October 6, 2008 |title=Rights Dispute Hits Re-Animator, Hack/Slash Comic! |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/8934/rights-dispute-hits-re-animator-hack-slash-comic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002124956/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/8934/rights-dispute-hits-re-animator-hack-slash-comic/ |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |website=Dread Central}}</ref> Dynamite Entertainment and Brian Yuzna would settle their trademark dispute out of court in 2013, with Yuzna dropping his lawsuit under the agreement that Dynamite would no longer use imagery or the likeness of any characters from the films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaiser |first=Vrai |date=December 1, 2015 |title=A History of Herbert West – Re-Animator |url=https://vraikaiser.com/2015/12/01/a-history-of-herbert-west-reanimator/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920201132/https://vraikaiser.com/2015/12/01/a-history-of-herbert-west-reanimator/ |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |website=vraikaiser.com}}</ref> Following this agreement, Dynamite Entertainment has continued using a close approximation of the likeness of actor Jeffery Combs for their comics featuring the Herbert West character, though none of their titles published before or since are connected to the 1985 film or its sequels.