Irene Forrest as Nurse Shelley Michael Strasser as Ernest Mary Sheldon as Meg Halsey Friday as Angel The Re-Animated Marge Turner as Elizabeth Chapham Johnny Legend as Skinny Corpse David Bynum as Black Corpse Noble Craig as Crypt Creature Kim Parker as Crypt Creature Charles Schneider as Crypt Creature Rebeca Recio as Crypt Creature Jay Evans as Crypt Creature Production In an August 1986 interview, Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon commented, "If we do a sequel to Re-Animator, we'll call it Bride of Re-Animator." He indicated that this title would be in homage to the film Bride of Frankenstein, adding that he already had several ideas for a sequel and that given the title, Meg Halsey would have to be a key character in it. One idea for a sequel involved Dan Cain taking the job of a building superintendent to surreptitiously continue working on Meg Halsey's body at night. When government agents discover his whereabouts, they secret him away to the White House where he is reunited with Herbert West and instructed to reanimate the President of the United States. A similar idea was later used for the unproduced sequel House of Re-Animator. Pre-production on Bride of Re-Animator began in early 1989. Production on the film was scheduled to begin on June 5, 1989, which left the filmmakers with less than one month to finalize the script, finish hiring the cast and crew, and get the special effects underway. Jeffrey Combs was initially not going to reprise his role as Herbert West due to a scheduling conflict, as he was already booked to be in Italy for the filming of The Pit and the Pendulum. However, on May 25, 1989, production on The Pit and the Pendulum was pushed back, and Combs was immediately cast to return as West. Director Yuzna considered Patricia Tallman for the role of the Bride, but on May 28, 1989, he selected Kinmont to play the part. Actress Barbara Crampton, who starred in the first Re-Animator film, did not return for Bride of Re-Animator. A 1991 issue of Fangoria reported that Crampton declined to reprise her role due to soap opera obligations. In a 2011 interview, Crampton said that her agent convinced her not to make a cameo appearance in Bride of Re-Animator, as he felt that it was beneath her to have such a minor role. Principal photography began in June 1989 and wrapped