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It has just been announced that Re-Animator: The Musical will return for new performances in Hollywood this October with new performers and brand new songs:

““Re-Animator ™ the Musical” tells the story of Herbert West, a brilliant young medical student who has created a glowing green serum that can bring the dead back to life. What should be a medical breakthrough results in hideous monstrosities and ghastly consequences. “I guess he just wasn’t fresh enough,” is West’s constant refrain in his quest for fresh subjects. Graham Skipper, who won a Best New Performer Award at the New York Musical Theater Festival for his crowd-pleasing turn, returns as the demented young genius.

And operatic Jesse Merlin is back as Dr. Carl Hill who loses his head for Meg, the dean’s beautiful daughter, only to actually lose it at the hands of Herbert West. But thanks to the glowing re-agent,...

Following successful runs in L.A. and Chicago, the demented holiday musical revue Christmas Smackdown (a.k.a. The Christmas Suicide Hotel) is opening in New York City this weekend for two nights only. Co-written by Mark Nutter, writer/composer of the twisted hit Re-Animator: The Musical, it also marks a reunion for some of that show's co-stars: the multi-talented Jesse Merlin (Dr. Hill), who also recently performed in Exorcistic: The Rock Musical Parody Experiment and the H.P. Lovecraft rock opera Dreams in the Witch House, and co-writer Cynthia Carle (Dr. Harrod), a Broadway performer, recording artist and screenwriter (who also did the choreography for Re-Animator). They are joined by actress and comedienne Lyndsay Hailey, who has appeared in Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy and tours the Us in the improv musical The Deltones. Jesse Merlin & Cynthia Carle in "Re-Animator: The Musical" Described as “not so much...

Finally the East coast is about to get a taste of the murder, mayhem, and majesty that is Re-Animator The Musical! So good to know that the Big Apple is about to get bitten! Grab your tarps and head to the splash zone, kids! There's nothing else like it!

From the Press Release

The 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, Red Hen Productions, The Schramm Group LLC and Gramily Entertainment present the New York premiere of Re-animator The Musical starring George Wendt (“Cheers”, Broadway’s Elf).

A hilarious new musical comedy based on the classic horror film (and featuring a bloody “splash zone” in the first few rows), Re-animator The Musical plays at the PTC Performance Space, located at 555 West 42nd Street. Tickets for Re-animator The Musical are $25, a can be purchased by calling (212) 352-3101 or by visiting Nymf.org.

In 1985, Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a...

Our $10 ticket sale for Re-Animator the Musical at The Hayworth Theatre in Los Angles went so well last week that the promoters have offered to let us run it once more...just in time for Mother's Day!

Tickets are regularly $35-$60 each, but on May 7th for One Day Only Dread Central readers can buy them for just $10 each. What mother wouldn't be proud to attend this bloody winner of a show with her offspring?!?

This offer is good for regular priced tickets from Thursday, May 10th, through Sunday, May 13th. Showtimes are 8:00 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday with two shows on Saturday at 7:00 pm and 10:30 pm.

Enter one of these codes on the official Re-Animator the Musical website:

WKDAY10 to receive $10 tickets for select performances on May 10th

WKEND10 to receive $10 tickets for select performances on May 11th-13th

*Tickets subject to availability. Not valid with any other discount.

As promised, the April 30th one-day only sale of Re-Animator the Musical tickets for just $10 has begun so read on to get the code and more details.

On May 3rd Re-Animator the Musical reopens at a new location in Los Angeles (The Hayworth Theatre) for a limited ten-week engagement that includes the return of George Wendt, and we have a special offer for Dread Central readers to score opening weekend tickets at a big discount.

Tickets are regularly $35-$60 each, but on April 30th for One Day Only Dread Central readers can buy them for just $10 each. This offer is good for regular priced tickets during opening weekend performances only, excluding the May 3rd opening night: Friday, May 4th; Saturday, May 5th; and Sunday, May 6th. Showtimes are 8:00 pm on Friday and Sunday with two shows on Saturday at 7:00 pm and 10:30 pm.

Enter this code: WKEND10 to...

On May 3rd Re-Animator the Musical reopens at a new location in Los Angeles (The Hayworth Theatre) for a limited ten-week engagement that includes the return of George Wendt, and we have a special offer for Dread Central readers to score opening weekend tickets at a big discount.

Earlier this month Re-Animator the Musical won six La Weekly Theater Awards including "Musical Of The Year", "Original Music" - Mark Nutter, "Direction of a Musical" - Stuart Gordon, "Musical Ensemble" - The Cast, "Adaptation" - Dennis Paoli/William J. Norris/Stuart Gordon, and "Blood Effects" - Stuart Gordon!

The musical's ten-week only run comes just prior to its performance dates in New York and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Tickets are regularly $35-$60 each, but on April 30th for One Day Only Dread Central readers can buy them for just $10 each. This offer is good for regular priced tickets during opening weekend performances only,...

One of the best damned times we have had all year was spent seeing Re-Animator: The Musical on the stage in Los Angeles. It's a shame that the rest of the country is missing out on what is nothing short of a splattery good time; however, you can now at the very least get a sampling of the mayhem!

That's right, kids! Dig on a clip of the famed beheading scene below and pray this sucker comes to a town near you. If it does? Don't be a pussy! Sit in the splash zone!

Re-Animator: The Musical is playing exclusively at The Steve Allen Theater. Hit up that link for directions and ticket info.

In 1985 Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a sensation. It was “Re-Animator,” a smashing success based on a horror story by H.P. Lovecraft. The film delivered as many laughs as it did screams,...

Good news for you folks in Los Angeles who have not witnessed the absolute mad genius that is Re-Animator The Musical! More dates have been added (including midnight shows) and more gore will be flowing freely! I'm Still washing the blood off me! What an experience!

Starting April 22nd, midnight shows on Friday nights and 3:30 pm matinee performances on Sunday afternoons have been added at The Steve Allen Theater. Hit up that link for directions and ticket info. You Won't be sorry! Hell, if you live out of state, believe us when we say this is totally worth flying in for!

In 1985 Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a sensation. It was “Re-Animator,” a smashing success based on a horror story by H.P. Lovecraft. The film delivered as many laughs as it did screams, making it a cult classic among horror fans, and won a Critic...

Movie fans have long loved director Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, renowned for its twisted sense of humor and copious gore. Now, this horror gem is gaining a whole new audience. Gordon has recently taken his 1985 cult classic and, ahem, re-animated it as Re-Animator: The Musical, a tune-filled stage production that's been packing them in since it opened in February.

Playing at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood, Re-Animator: The Musical is directed by Gordon and stars George Wendt, Graham Skipper, Chris L. McKenna, Rachel Avery, Cynthia Carle and Jesse Merlin. Originally booked to run through March 27, the show has done so well that its run has been extended through May 29.

With music and lyrics by songwriter Mark Nutter and a book by Gordon, William J. Norris and frequent Gordon collaborator Dennis Paoli, Re-Animator: The Musical might seem like an unlikely entry in the popular trend of converting film into musical theater,...

While co-hosting (with festival head Rachel Belofsky and Jonna Jackson) last week’s Screamfest La mixer at Te’Kila and 504 on Hollywood Boulevard (in attendance were horror movers and shakers John Skipp, F. Javier Gutiérrez, Stephen Goldmann, John Michael Elfers, Drina Durazo and more), I caught up with Re-Animator filmmaker Stuart Gordon in order to discuss his current projects as well as the currently previewing play Re-Animator – The Musical.

Opening on March 5th at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood, CA, the stage musical incarnation of Gordon’s 1985 filmic hit (both of which center around Dr. Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with reanimating the dead) runs Friday through Saturday nights through March 27, and Gordon told us of the play over a cocktail amid the boisterous din, “Audiences seem to really like it, which is great! We’re previewing all weekend, and those nights are already sold out, which is a wonderful thing.

Hold on to your head (hardy, har, har)! Re-Animator - The Musical is upon us. At least, it is for you lucky sons of bitches with some sort of proximity to Los Angeles' Steve Allen Theater.

This would be a cool project on its own, but considering that Stuart Gordon is actually directing this sucker, it's a must see. In 1985 Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a sensation. It was “Re-Animator,” a smashing success based on a horror story by H.P. Lovecraft. The film delivered as many laughs as it did screams, making it a cult classic among horror fans, and won a Critic’s Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Now Gordon is back with his co-writers Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris and composer/lyricist Mark Nutter to turn “Re-Animator” into a musical for the stage.

Special effects are being done by the same guys...

Director Stuart Gordon is taking his Re-animator film and bringing it to the stage in Re-animator: The Musical. Opening March 5th at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood, the play will run Fridays through Sundays until March 27th....

Everyone should know the tale of Dr. Herbert West and his glowing green serum that returns the dead to life but now you'll be able to experience it an a completely different way. Tony Doublin, John Beuchler and John Naulin will be providing the FX and they were all part of the original film. Murk Nutter takes care of the music and lyrics.

Bringing the characters to life will be Graham Skipper, as Herbert West, George Wendt (yeah, from Cheers), Chris L. McKenna, Jesse Merlin, Rachel Avery, Mark Beltzman, Cynthia Carle, Brian Gillespie and Liesel Hanson. The film is a bloody beauty and the musical will be no different as the...

Pair "Son of Flubber" with "Topper" and you've got "The Sixth Man", a fantastical modern-day basketball story of triumph that should appeal to kids over spring break. With plenty of smash-face dialogue and slam-dunk histrionics, this old-style, fast-moving movie will do well with younger mainstream, urban audiences.

If you're old enough to remember the "Topper" series or smart enough to watch the oldies on cable, you'll notice that "Sixth Man" is fueled by ectoplasm, that fantastic movie stuff that allows one character to see another phantom-angelic character while others cannot.

In this up-to-date scenario, sensational young basketball player Antoine (Kadeem Hardison) has suffered a heart attack while making a Slam Dunk. The heart and soul of his team, the Washington Huskies, Antoine was supposed to lead the Pac-10ers to the NCAA championship. Now the burden has fallen on the shoulders of his younger brother, Kenny (Marlon Wayans), who has never attained the superstar status of his sibling nor the confidence to lead the team.

In this derivative but supple scenario, Kenny comes back as kind of a mischievous guardian angel, hoisting even the stubbiest of the Huskies to slam-dunk capabilities. Indeed, the fantasy sequences are a whole lot of fun here as the most unlikeliest basketballers throw down stuff that would make even Michael Jordan blink.

In addition, there's a subplot involving a smart and lovely college reporter (Michael Michele) who is suspicious of the Huskies' sudden sensational skills, upsetting the likes of North Carolina, etc.

When you follow all the Xs and Os in the plotting, it's not too hard to figure out who eventually will win the NCAA title in this case. But although the plot may be as predictable as a pick and roll, it has some nice moral spin to it. Credit screenwriters Christopher Reed and Cynthia Carle for instilling some positive messages about winning in this basketballer, and credit director Randall Miller for bringing the story upcourt really fast.

Among the players, cast an all-star ballot for Wayans as the shooter who grows with confidence and Hardison for his rambunctious portrayal of the deceased but devilishly inspirational superstar. Michele is winning as the reporter who uncovers the story.

Tech credits are up to the standards of the genre, especially the fun visual effects work of Available Light Ltd., which could make slam-dunk stars of us all.

THE SIXTH MAN

Buena Vista Pictures

Touchstone presents

a Mandeville Films production

A Randall Miller film

Producer :David Hoberman

Director:Randall Miller

Screenwriters:Christopher Reed, Cynthia Carle

Executive producer:Jody Savin

Co-producer:Justis Greene

Director of photography:Michael Ozier

Production designer:Michael Bolton

Editor :Eric Sears

Costume designer:Grania Preston

Music:Marcus Miller

Casting:Dan Parada

Visual effects:Available Light Ltd.

Color/stereo

Cast:

Kenny Tyler:Marlon Wayans

Antoine Tyler:Kadeem Hardison

Coach Pederson:David Paymer

R.C. St John:Michael Michele

Mikulski:Kevin Dunn

Gertz:Gary Jones

Malik Major:Lorenzo Orr

Zigi Hrbacek:Vladimir Cuk

Danny O'Grady:Travis Ord

Luther LaSalle:Jack Karuletwa

Jimmy Stubbs:Chris Spencer

Coach Nichols:Kirk Daily

Running time -- 109 minutes

MPAA rating: PG-13...