The Resurrected (1991 film)
The Resurrected AKA Shatterbrain (1991 film)
Summary
A Rhode Island private eye learns his client's husband is a latter-day sorcerer out to bring back the dead in this adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction).
Details
- Release Date:
- Country/Language: USA/Canada, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Runtime: 1 hr 48 min
- Starring: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Robert Romanus
- Director: Dan O'Bannon
- Writer: H.P. Lovecraft
- Producer/Production Co: MGM, Lionsgate
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SSs__ (Two and a Half Tentacles: Lovecraftian)
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- BadMovieMarathon "Summer of Lovecraft", (link) - "It’s OK. It just lacks the engaging characters it needs to maintain momentum when Curwen/Ward is offscreen. It’s definitely worth a bowl of popcorn on a rainy Sunday...."
- The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars) (link). "The Resurrected lacks the energy and vigour that Dan O’Bannon displayed with Return of the Living Dead. ...O’Bannon eventually delivers the goods in a sequence where John Terry, Jane Sibbett and Richard Romanus venture by torchlight down into the catacombs beneath the Curwen home finding arcane diaries, partially raising something from the dead with a serum, encountering half-seen monstrosities in the dark and then the torch going out at the crucial moment..."
Synopsis
Claire Ward (Sibbett) hires private investigator John March (Terry) to look into the increasingly bizarre activities of her husband Charles Dexter Ward (Sarandon). Ward has become obsessed with the occult practices of raising the dead once used by his ancestor Joseph Curwen (Sarandon in a dual role). As the investigators dig deeper, they discover that Ward is performing a series of grisly experiments in an effort to actually resurrect his long-dead relative Curwen.
