Bride of Re-Animator (September 8, 1990 (TIFF) - February 22, 1991) Bride of Re-Animator is a 1990 American science fiction horror film directed by Brian Yuzna and was written by Yuzna, Rick Fry and Woody Keith. H. P. Lovecraft wrote the original serialized story, titled Herbert West-Reanimator, from which the characters were derived.