of Re-Animator is a silly film that is fun solely for the fevered performance of Jeffrey Combs. Unlike the original Re-Animator, Brides script really suffers from a lack of cohesiveness and undeterminable character motivation." Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it "a pointless and forgettable sequel". Bruce G. Hallenbeck, in his book Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008, criticized the discontinuity from the first film (in particular that Herbert West is alive and Megan Halsey is dead at the beginning, when it was the other way around at the end of Re-Animator) and said Yuzna's direction pales against Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon's, but concluded Bride of Re-Animator to be a very respectable sequel which "lacks the wit and originality of the first movie but goes even farther into the gruesome concept of re-animation." He particularly praised the bizarre zombie designs and the performance of Jeffrey Combs, which he described as superior to Combs's already great work in the original. Bride of Re-Animator was nominated for two awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1991. It was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and Jeffrey Combs was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sequel Bride of Re-Animator was followed by Beyond Re-Animator in 2003. References Bibliography External links 1990 films 1990 horror films 1990s science fiction horror films 1990s comedy horror films American body horror films American comedy horror films American independent films American science fiction horror films 1990s English-language films Re-Animator (film series) Resurrection in film American zombie comedy films Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft Films scored by Richard Band Films set in Massachusetts Films directed by Brian Yuzna 1990 comedy films 1990 direct-to-video films 1990s American films