Herbert West–Reanimator

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early zombie fiction horror fiction serialized story short story cycle weird fiction

Herbert West–Reanimator is a serialized horror story by H. P. Lovecraft about a fanatical medical student obsessed with reanimating the dead, often cited as an early example of modern zombie fiction.

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Herbert West 2
Herbert West–Reanimator canonical 1
Herbert West—Reanimator (with em dash variant title) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early zombie fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
serialized story ⓘ
short story cycle ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
author H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
featuresCharacter Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Herbert West

unnamed medical student narrator ⓘ
featuresConcept reanimation serum ⓘ
zombie-like creatures ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1922 ⓘ
firstPublishedAs Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Herbert West—Reanimator (with em dash variant title)
firstPublishedIn Home Brew ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
science fiction horror ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Re-Animator (1985 film) ⓘ
comic book adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
influenced Re-Animator (1985 film) ⓘ
surface form: Beyond Re-Animator (2003 film)

Re-Animator (1985 film) ⓘ
surface form: Bride of Re-Animator (1990 film)

Re-Animator (1985 film) ⓘ
modern zombie fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement pulp fiction ⓘ
weird tales tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Herbert West
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
narrator unnamed first-person narrator ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of scientifically created zombies ⓘ
influence on cinematic splatter horror ⓘ
numberOfParts 6 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium pulp magazine ⓘ
partOfAuthorCorpus Cthulhu Mythos-related works ⓘ
publicationFormat serial ⓘ
publicationType magazine serial ⓘ
setting Miskatonic University ⓘ
New England ⓘ
theme body desecration ⓘ
ethical limits of science ⓘ
mad science ⓘ
reanimation of the dead ⓘ
tone darkly humorous ⓘ
macabre ⓘ

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H. P. Lovecraft → notableWork → Herbert West–Reanimator ⓘ
Herbert West–Reanimator → mainCharacter → Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert West
Herbert West–Reanimator → featuresCharacter → Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert West
Herbert West–Reanimator → firstPublishedAs → Herbert West–Reanimator self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herbert West—Reanimator (with em dash variant title)