10 Best Body Horrors That Make You Squirm
7. Re-Animator
Director Stuart Gordon sadly passed away just last month, but the filmmaker's body of work will live on and maintain his legacy as one of the greats of his generation. And standing loud and proud as the peak of Gordon's career is 1985's Re-Animator.
Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's tale of the same name, Re-Animator sees Jeffrey Combs's Dr Herbert West on a mission to perfect the concept of reanimation. Whether it's deceased pets or the residents of the local morgue, West will stop at nothing in his quest to conquer the very notion of death being the final chapter in life.
Along the way, audiences get to see body horror in its full glory. While maybe not quite as disturbing as some other body horror offerings out there, Re-Animator does still deliver some beautifully brutal sequences - with a particular scene with a severed head and a crotch still proving to be a delightfully twisted highlight.
Another aspect that makes Re-Animator great, is the simple fact that Herbert West is the hero of his own story. Like the greatest villains - be that in movies, in TV, in comics, in novels, in wrestling, whatever - West sees himself as doing what is right, as doing the best he can to make the world a better place. And for those poor victims left lobotomised or worse, they're merely necessarily casualties serving their purpose for the greater good.