Re-Animator (1985) quotes

26 total quotes

Dan Cain – Bruce Abbott
Dr. Hill – David Gale
Herbert West – Jeffrey Combs

View Quote "How can you teach such drivel? These people are here to learn and you're closing their minds before they even have a chance!" [Herbert west to Dr. Hill after pencil snapping lesson]

View Quote Cain: What were you researching?
West: Death.

View Quote Dan: God, why does it make that sound? [as Rufus is being reanimated a second time]
West: Birth is always painful.

View Quote Dan: Herbert, you're insane, now what happened here?
West: I had to kill him!
Dan: What?? He's dead?
West: ...Not anymore.

View Quote Dan: It was dead! [regarding the reanimated Rufus]
West: Twice.

View Quote Dan: Oh, man, if we get caught--
West: Well, what will they do, embalm us?

View Quote Dan: We failed. C'mon, let's go; somebody'll be coming any minute!
West: [striking the corpse angrily] He failed! Not I!

View Quote Dan: You couldn't call, or write a note. [regarding the death of Rufus, his cat]
West: I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know. And what would a note say, Dan? 'Cat dead; details later'?

View Quote Mace: [about the morgue] Don't know why they keep locked doors around here. Nobody wants in, and ain't nobody gettin' out.

View Quote Megan: You... didn't say why you left Switzerland.
West: There was nothing more I could learn there.

View Quote Swiss Woman Doctor: You killed him!
Herbert West: No I did not. I gave him life.

View Quote West: I will show you, then you will help me.
Dan: No!
West: Yes you will. That is why I brought the infernal beast back to life in the first place.

View Quote West: This is the freshest body that we could come across, save of killing one ourselves, and every moment that we spend talking about it costs us results. Now will you give me a hand!

View Quote West: [reading toe tags in the morgue] Burn victim... Here's your meatball... Shotgun wound to the head...
Dan: ...Aw, God, he's ripe!
West: [singsong] ...Malpractice...!

View Quote Hill's Head: Weeeeesssssssst...
West: Yes, doctor, it's Herbert West! What are you thinking?
Hill's Head: Yoooooooouuuuu...
West: [taking notes] You...
Hill's Head: Baaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaard...!