Editing Beyond Re-Animator (section)

==Unmade follow-ups==
After the conclusion of ''Beyond Re-Animator'', [[Brian Yuzna]] wanted to produce a sequel trilogy to the series.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/> The first of which would've been titled ''House of Re-Animator'' and would have featured [[William H. Macy]] as a [[George W. Bush]] inspired [[President of the United States]] who dies in office with Herbert West enlisted by the office to bring him back to life.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/> The film would have seen [[Stuart Gordon]] as director and [[Dennis Paoli]] as writer, and the return of [[Jeffrey Combs]] as Herbert West and [[Bruce Abbott]] as Dan Cain.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/>

The second film would've been titled ''Island of Re-Animator'' and seen Dr. West having set up a laboratory on a secluded island to continue his research.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/> Richard Raaphorst, a concept artist who had worked on other [[Fantastic Factory]] productions, was tasked by Yuzna with creating some artwork for the film but Yuzna ultimately felt none of it worked in the world of ''Re-Animator''.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/> Some of Raaphorst's artwork were speculated to have been reused for his own directorial effort, ''[[Frankenstein's Army]]''.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/>

The final film in the trilogy would've been titled ''Re-Animator Begins'' and would've featured an amnesiac Hebert West rescued from an asylum by a young female doctor who takes him to [[Zürich]] where it's revealed she's the granddaughter of Dr. Hans Gruber from the [[Re-Animator|first film]] who is still living in his re-animated state.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/> The film would've seen Hebert West passing the torch of ''Re-Animator'' to Gruber's granddaughter.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/>

The sequel trilogy ultimately never happened due to inability to secure financing, and while an attempt to sell ''House of Re-Animator'' as a standalone movie were met with some interest the sequel was deemed too expensive and the [[Great Recession]] effectively killed the project.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/>

Further attempts were made by Yuzna and [[John Penney]] in pitching a [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of ''Re-Animator'' and while they were met with interest from companies such as [[Warner Bros.]], the two abandoned this route when the studios showed interest primarily in the name recognition and intended to play ''Re-Animator'' as a dark and serious horror film in contrast to the more darkly comedic nature of the prior films.<ref name= "YuznaUntoldHorror"/>