

The corpse revives and goes on a rampage, attacking the duo. Barred from the school, West and Dan sneak into the morgue to test the reagent on a human subject in an attempt to salvage their medical careers. Dan's fiancee Megan dislikes West, especially after discovering Rufus re-animated in a state of dismemberment. Dan discovers that West has re-animated his dead cat, Rufus, with a glowing "reagent." West recruits Dan as his partner in research to defeat death. Barbara and Dan know that if her father finds out about their relationship, Dan could be expelled. Dan has been carrying on a clandestine love affair with Barbara, daughter of Miskatonic's medical school's dean, Dr Halsey. Hill vows that West will never get a passing grade in his class. West declares that Hill stole the theory of brain death from West's late mentor, Dr. There is an instant animosity between West and faculty member Dr. He rents a room from medical student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and converts the house's basement into his own personal laboratory. The stricken man falls dead and the dean asks if West had killed the doctor to which West replies "No, I gave him life!" West arrives at Miskatonic University in New England in order to further his studies. Gruber's skin has turned purple and his eyes bulge until they explode, spewing blood. When he enters with a policeman and nurse they find one of the school's professors, Gruber, screaming in agony and a med student, Herbert West, with him. Garon SmithĪt a medical school in Zurich, Switzerland, a dean is called in to investigate a disturbance in one of the labs. Soon every corpse in the morgue population has been re-animated. He goes after the daughter as well as launching his own retaliation scheme. His supply of stolen serum keeps his head going. When he tries to force the serum formula from Herbert, he loses his head. He uses his laser drill technique to win control of the dean. He wants the dean's daughter as well as the secret of Herbert's neon green serum. This allows Herbert's arch-nemesis, Dr Hill, to jump in. When the dean later surprises them in the morgue, the corpse that they had animated kills him. He expels Herbert and takes away Dan scholarship money. This angers the dean because his daughter Megan and Dan have a rather serious relationship underway. He cajoles his skeptical roommate, Dan, into joining his project. Next, he moves to human cadavers in the hospital morgue. Herbert begins with Rufous, his roommate's cat. Obsessed with bringing back the dead and seeking the road to immortality, the ambitious medical student, Herbert West, triggers a horrific incident at a medical institute in Switzerland.
