H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Herbert West: Reanimator’ Getting Feature Redo From ‘Haunting In Connecticut’ Scribes

H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Herbert West: Reanimator’ Getting Feature Redo From ‘Haunting In Connecticut’ Scribes

EXCLUSIVE: Haunting in Connecticut screenwriters Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe are adapting a contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator.  Herbert West: Reanimator, written in the early 1920s, centers on West, a brilliant but mercurial physician who’s rabid obsession and pursuit of life extension succeeds to a horrifying effect.  Alton, IL-based production […]

Herbert West: Reanimator is getting a contemporary reimagining from The Haunting in Connecticut writers

Back in 1985, director Stuart Gordon and his collaborators drew inspiration from author H.P. Lovecraft’s 1922 serial novelette Herbert West–Reanimator for a movie that ranks as one of the greatest horror films ever made, Re-Animator. That film was followed by the sequels Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator – and then, even though there were plans and ideas for further sequels, the franchise, unfortunately, sputtered out. Herbert West–Rea…

H.P. Lovecraft's HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR New Adaptation In The Works

A contemporary adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR is in the works from THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT scribes Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe.

Re-Animator | A new adaptation of HP Lovecraft's story is in the works

Forty years after Stuart Gordon’s horror classic, Re-Animator, a new take on HP Lovecraft’s 1922 story has been announced. Director Stuart Gordon’s 1985 horror Re-Animator may be a cult classic, but it’s somewhat different from the story which inspired it. Forty years on, though, HP Lovecraft’s 1922 short story, Herbert West – Reanimator, is getting a new adaptation. According to Deadline, the new take on Lovecraft’s sci-fi horror piece will be …