- The Resurrected
Infobox Film
name = The Resurrected
image_size =
caption = 2005 US DVD cover
director =Dan O'Bannon
producer = Mark Borde
Kenneth Raich
writer = Brent V. Friedman
starring = John TerryJane Sibbett Chris Sarandon Robert Romanus
cinematography = Irv Goodnoff
editing =
distributor =Live Home Video Lionsgate (DVD, 2005)
released = flagicon|US 1992
runtime = 108 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $5,000,000 est.
amg_id = 1:41019
imdb_id = 0105242"The Resurrected" (aka "Shatterbrain") is a 1992
horror film , directed byDan O'Bannon and starring John Terry,Jane Sibbett ,Chris Sarandon andRobert Romanus . It is an adaptation of theH. P. Lovecraft novella "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ".Plot
Claire Ward (Sibbett) hires private investigator John Marsh (Terry) to look into the increasingly bizarre activities of her husband Charles Dexter Ward (Sarandon). Ward has become obsessed with the occult practices of raising the dead once practiced by his ancestor Joseph Curwen (Sarandon in a dual role). As the investigators dig deeper, they discover that Ward is performing a series of grisly experiments in an effort to actually resurrect his long-dead relative Curwen.
Trivia
*Director O'Bannon and screenwriter Brent V. Friedman had both developed the Lovecraft property over the years, independent of each other. While Friedman receives sole credit, O'Bannon did incorporate some of his own ideas into the project.
*The film was developed with theatrical distribution in mind but went straight-to-video.External links
*imdb title|0105242
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