A medical student and his girlfriend are drawn into a series of bizarre experiments by his creepy new roommate, who has found a way to bring the dead back to life. However, his efforts lead to all manner of gory consequences for the unwitting heroes. Inventive horror with a streak of black humour, based on HP Lovecraft's story. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton and David Gale.

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.