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50-543: An international co-production of Spain and the United States, Beyond Re-Animator premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel , though it was produced independently and acquired by the channel only as a distributor; this showing was cut to a TV-PG rating. The film received a limited theatrical run in the U.S. and was assigned an R rating, and a slightly longer unrated cut was released on home media in some countries. For

100-527: A Flash Forward Award. From 2000 to 2005, SciFi.com published original science fiction short stories in a section called " Sci Fiction ", edited by Ellen Datlow , who won a 2005 Hugo Award for her work there. The stories themselves won a World Fantasy Award , the first Theodore Sturgeon Award for online fiction (for Lucius Shepard 's novella "Over Yonder"), and four of the Science Fiction Writers of America 's Nebula Awards , including

150-399: A Special Edition DVD of the film, with the following special features: After the conclusion of Beyond Re-Animator , Brian Yuzna wanted to produce a sequel trilogy to the series. The first of which would've been titled House of Re-Animator and would've featured William H. Macy as a George W. Bush inspired President of the United States who dies in office with Herbert West enlisted by

200-527: A dark and serious horror film in contrast to the more darkly comedic nature of the prior films. Sci-Fi Channel Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel , later shortened to Sci Fi ; stylized as SYFY in all caps since 2017) is an American basic cable television channel , owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of Comcast 's NBCUniversal . Launched on September 24, 1992,

250-570: A partnership with the site, before being sold to the Sci Fi Channel completely in 1999. The publication covered various aspects of science fiction, including news, reviews, original art, and interviews, until it merged with Sci-Fi Wire in January 2009. Transplant surgeon A transplant surgeon is a surgeon who performs organ transplants . Among the many organs that can be transplanted are: kidneys , livers , hearts , lungs ,

300-511: A standalone movie were met with some interest the sequel was deemed too expensive and the Great Recession effectively killed the project. Further attempts were made by Yuzna and John Penney in pitching a reboot of Re-Animator and while they were met with interest from companies such as Warner Bros. , the two abandoned this route when the studios showed interest primarily in the name recognition and intended to play Re-Animator as

350-443: A subsidiary of Vivendi SA (at the time known as Vivendi Universal). Vivendi's film and television production and cable television assets were then merged with General Electric 's NBC to form NBC Universal in 2004. In 2009 the network was rebranded as Syfy , and in 2010 Comcast purchased Syfy's parent company NBCUniversal . Comcast was one of the original cable TV operators to carry the channel. A high definition version of

400-415: A young female doctor who takes him to Zürich where it's revealed she's the granddaughter of Dr. Hans Gruber from the first film who is still living in his re-animated state. The film would've seen Hebert West passing the torch of Re-Animator to Gruber's granddaughter. The sequel trilogy ultimately never happened due to inability to secure financing, and while an attempt to sell House of Re-Animator as

450-443: Is shown putting on his glasses outside the prison and disappears into the night to continue his research. Brian Yuzna following the release of Bride of Re-Animator had wanted to continue the franchise and upon being approached 10 years later by Spanish company Filmax in setting up their horror film production arm Fantastic Factory the opportunity presented itself for a third Re-Animator to be produced. As Yuzna had exhausted

500-552: Is the younger brother of the teenage girl who was killed by West's zombie (he is shown watching West being taken away by the cops) and came to the prison for the explicit purpose of working with him. Despite his interest, Phillips still maintains an ethical reluctance to allow West's research to full completion. In the meantime, journalist Laura Olney, covering a story for her newspaper at the prison, meets and begins an affair with Dr. Phillips, and they fall in love. This new romance only temporarily postpones West's experiment, however. After

550-508: The Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft , Andrew Migliore and John Strysik write: "If your idea of Lovecraftian fun is Combs' acidic one-liners, and digitally enhanced gore effects that weren't available for the other two films, then by all means have a look. But if you're comparing this film to the still classic Re-Animator , well... This third try is only a shadow of the gonzo wit of

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600-455: The NPE. Eventually, the warden of the prison uncovers West's experiments and moves to put an end to them, but he is killed by West, and subsequently re-animated. West uses the NPE from a prisoner's pet rat, causing some unexpected side effects in the warden's behavior. It quickly manifests itself as the prison descends into utter chaos as a riot breaks out, with vials of the reagent circulating through

650-463: The News section of SyfyGames.com was rebranded to feature "news from G4 ". In 2010, Syfy Games signed a deal with the now defunct publisher THQ to co-produce De Blob 2 . Syfy Games would also co-produce Red Faction: Armageddon . Syfy Wire (formerly Sci-Fi Wire and Blastr ) is a website operated by Syfy featuring coverage of news in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. The site

700-546: The URL ;– and the site's name – was changed to Syfy.com . As of 2010, Syfy.com began to contain webisode series including Riese: Kingdom Falling (as of October 26, 2010), The Mercury Men (as of July 25, 2011), and Nuclear Family (as of October 15, 2012). SyfyGames.com is an online games portal which offers free-to-play MMO and casual games. The site features predominantly sci-fi and fantasy games from third-party developers. In April 2015,

750-555: The amount of time that had passed between films as well as the impossibility of Spain convincingly doubling for the United States, Yuzna decided to scale back the film to be more of a confined prison movie and with the exception of Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West brought in Jason Barry to play a more youthful foil for West. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 55% based on 11 critics, with an average rating of 5.30/10 Allmovie gave

800-427: The brain of a living organism through an electrocution-like process, to be stored in a capsule resembling a small light bulb. The capsule can then be connected to a corpse and used in conjunction with West's previously developed reagent to restore the former dead to a lifelike state. The NPE prevents the degeneration seen in previous instances, where the reanimated are nothing more than mindless zombies. Used together with

850-565: The channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction , horror , and fantasy genres. As of November 2023 , Syfy is available to approximately 69,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households. In 1989, in Boca Raton, Florida , communications attorneys and cable TV entrepreneurs Mitchell Rubenstein and his wife and business partner Laurie Silvers devised

900-543: The channel has expanded into general-interest programming outside of the sci-fi genre to target a more mainstream audience. Such programming has included crime dramas, WCG Ultimate Gamer , and professional wrestling from WWE (including ECW , NXT , and SmackDown ). Syfy has been used for overflow sports and sports entertainment programming from its sister networks. It has participated in NBC Sports ' " Championship Sunday " effort to broadcast all matches on

950-493: The channel launched a weekly two-hour programming block called "Ani-Monday", featuring English dubs of various anime series licensed by Manga Entertainment . During February 2008, the channel also aired anime on Tuesday nights in a second programming block. In July 2009, Syfy announced that they had renewed and expanded their licensing agreement with Manga Entertainment to add a two-hour block of horror anime (also called "Ani-Monday") to sister channel Chiller . Syfy's anime block

1000-504: The channel launched on October 3, 2007, on DirecTV . In 2013, Syfy was given the James Randi Educational Foundation 's Pigasus Award for what was described as questionable reality programming involving paranormal subjects. From 1992 to 1999, the network's first logo consisted of a planet with a ring, made to look like Saturn , with "SCI-FI CHANNEL" written on it. The network's second logo, which

1050-578: The channels did not take on "Syfy" as any part of their names: channels in Japan and the Philippines rebranded to or were replaced by Universal Channel , while each of the channels in Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia would become Sci Fi Universal. In Polish , "Syfy" does not suggest imagination or science fiction, but rather something gross, without value or even syphilis . In Australia, NBCUniversal

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1100-559: The concept for the Sci-Fi Channel , and signed up 8 of the top 10 cable TV operators as well as licensing exclusive rights to the British TV series Doctor Who (which shifted over from PBS to Sci-Fi Channel), Dark Shadows , and the cult series The Prisoner . In 1992, the channel was sold by Rubenstein and Silvers to USA Networks , then a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures . Rubenstein and Silvers became vice-chairs of USA Networks. The channel

1150-520: The fantasy and sci-fi genres. Network head Chris McCumber explained that the network's goal was to "put fans at the center of everything we do", and explained a stacked, square-shaped form of the logo as being akin to a "badge". Syfy also planned to place a larger focus on its genre news division Syfy Wire, disclosing the possibility of extending the website to television as well. Syfy's original programming includes made-for-cable movies , miniseries , and television series . Under NBCUniversal ownership,

1200-491: The film a mixed review, calling it "almost a remake of the original". Jonathan Holland of Variety writes that the film is "sometimes shocking but rarely scary" and "calculated to appeal only to hardcore gore hounds." In a mixed review, Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called it "somewhat of a letdown" but "worth at least one viewing". Writing for Bloody Disgusting , Brad Miska rates the film 2.5/5 stars and called it "a fun movie, but nothing special". In their book Lurker in

1250-412: The film would've brought back Bruce Abbott 's Dan Cain who turned state's evidence against West and is now a successful, albeit vice ridden, transplant surgeon who is using what remains of West's re-animation serum in his surgical procedures and is forced by a politically ambitious district attorney to use the re-animaion serum on a serial killer's recently deceased victim in order to catch them. Due to

1300-473: The film's biggest problem is that most of the cast are Spanish actors whose voices were obviously dubbed over to conceal their accents, resulting in a lack of both tension and comedy. He commented that Jeffrey Combs is still outstanding in the role of Herbert West, but his performance is muted due to a complete lack of strong co-stars to play off of. Beyond Re-Animator was given a straight-to-video release on December 23, 2003. In 2011 Arrow Video released

1350-508: The final matchday of the Premier League soccer season across NBCUniversal cable networks. In February 2022, WWE Raw and NXT aired on Syfy for two weeks due to USA Network's broadcasts of the 2022 Winter Olympics ; this was repeated during the 2024 Summer Olympics . During its early years, Syfy aired anime films and original video animations on early Saturday morning under the title of Saturday Anime . On June 11, 2007,

1400-626: The final season of Colony , as well as The Fandom Files , which features interviews with public figures about their pop culture obsessions. Guests have included Leland Chee and Mike Daniels of the Green Bay Packers . Sci Fi magazine was first published in June 1994, as Sci-Fi Entertainment , with the additional description "The Official Magazine of the Sci-Fi Channel" on the cover. The publisher from Volume 1, Issue 1,

1450-430: The first for original online fiction (for Linda Nagata 's novella "Goddesses"). On April 22, 2006, the site launched Sci Fi Pedia, a commercial wiki on topics including anime , comics , fandom , fantasy , games , horror , science fiction , toys , UFOs , genre-related art and audio , and the paranormal . In 2009, Sci Fi Pedia was shut down without explanation. As part of the channel's rebranding in 2009,

1500-609: The imagination. Identification bumps depicted surreal situations such as a baby breathing fire, as well as a woman in a stately sitting room kissing a bug-eyed, big-eared animal. On March 16, 2009, NBCUniversal announced that Sci Fi was rebranding as "Syfy". Network officials also noted that, unlike the generic term "sci fi", which represents the entire genre , the term "Syfy" as a sensational spelling can be protected by trademark and therefore would be easier to market on other goods or services without fear of confusion with other companies' products. The only significant previous use of

1550-668: The name change. The parody news anchor Stephen Colbert made fun of the name change on The Colbert Report by giving the channel a "Tip of the Hat" for "spelling the name the way it's pronounced" and noting that "the tide is turning in my long fought battle against the insidious 'soft C ' ". The new name took effect on July 7, 2009. Syfy has since added reality shows and edged further from strictly science fiction, fantasy and horror programming. The rebranding efforts at NBC Universal's Sci Fi Channels worldwide resulted in most rebranding as "Syfy" or "Syfy Universal"; however, over one-third of

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1600-700: The network was the film Star Wars . In 1994, Paramount was sold to Viacom , followed by Seagram 's purchase of a controlling stake in MCA (of which Universal was a subsidiary) from the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company the next year. In 1997, Viacom sold its stake in USA Networks to Universal, who spun off all its television assets to Barry Diller the next year into the new company Studios USA . Three years later, Diller would sell Studios USA back to Universal, by then

1650-466: The office to bring him back to life. The film would've seen Stuart Gordon as director and Dennis Paoli as writer and also would've seen the return of Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West and Bruce Abbott as Dan Cain. The second film would've been titled Island of Re-Animator and seen Dr. West having set up a laboratory on a secluded island to continue his research. Richard Raaphorst, a concept artist who had worked on other Fantastic Factory productions,

1700-660: The original and not nearly as entertaining." Zombiemania: 80 Movies to Die For author Arnold T. Blumberg wrote that " Beyond Re-Animator is better than its immediate predecessor" and that "Combs slips back into the white shirt and black tie, wielding the hypo of green goo like he never put it down, but his performance is nicely tempered by the passage of time, giving us a West that lacks some of his youthful confidence but none of his single-minded desire to pursue 'The Work.'" Bruce G. Hallenbeck, in his book Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 , again described Brian Yuzna's direction as "competent but uninspired", but said

1750-478: The past 13 years, Dr. Herbert West has been serving a prison sentence due to a murder at the hands of one of his zombies. With what scant supplies he has on hand in the prison medical center, Dr. West has been capable of performing only extremely basic experiments on rats. However, his lack of supplies does not prevent him from uncovering a key element in his re-animation process. Dr. West has discovered "NPE" (Nano-Plasmic Energy), an energy that can be extracted from

1800-438: The population. Soon, it is unclear who is dead, who is alive, and who has been exposed to the agent. When the chaos finally settles from the bloody prison riot, West escapes captivity before the guards appear by stealing Phillips' I.D. when he comes across Phillips weeping over Laura's decapitated body. As police and authorities take control of the prison, Phillips is dragged away as he and Laura's head start laughing. Herbert West

1850-464: The re-agent, reanimated corpses regain their skills, memories, and motor functions and nearly fully resemble normal humans. When a young doctor named Howard Phillips comes to work at the prison, West is assigned to assist the new doctor. Due to Phillips' interest in Dr. West's research, West is able to attain the supplies and tools needed to bring his experiments to the next level. It is revealed that Phillips

1900-483: The source material of the original H. P. Lovecraft short story Herbert West–Reanimator , he approached writer John Penney , with whom he had collaborated on Return of the Living Dead 3 , for potential ideas for continuation. While Penney's treatment ultimately wasn't used, the concept of Herbert West now serving a prison sentence became the basis for what would become Beyond Re-Animator . The initial draft of

1950-528: The term "Syfy" in relation to science fiction was by the website SyFy Portal, which became Airlock Alpha after selling the brand to an unnamed company in February 2009. It rebranded just after Starz 's logo, even though Syfy came before Starz by Lionsgate . The name change was greeted with initial negativity, with people deliberately mispronouncing "Syfy" as / ˈ s ɪ f i / SIF -ee or / ˈ s iː f i / SEE -fee to make fun of

2000-554: The time the channel finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing that was on the screen was 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'." Leonard Nimoy was master of ceremonies at the channel's launch party, held at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan . Asimov's widow Janet and Roddenberry's widow Majel Barrett were both in attendance. The first program shown on

2050-409: The warden of the prison, also infatuated with Laura, attempts to seduce Laura himself, she resists and he angrily kills her. Crushed by Laura's death, Dr. Phillips succumbs to Dr. West's wishes and his experiments are allowed to literally take on new life. West & Phillips revive Laura with the NPE, although it is quickly seen that the dangerous side effects of West's past work are still present with

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2100-573: Was Mark Hintz, with Carl A. Gnam Jr. as editorial director and Ted Klein as editor. Scott Edelman took over as editor with the December 1996 issue, holding that position until leaving after the June 2000 issue, by which point the magazine's name had already been shortened to Sci Fi , in keeping with the channel's name change to Sci Fi in 1999; Scott Edelman returned to be editor of the channel's online magazine, Science Fiction Weekly , moving back to editor of Sci Fi in February 2002. The magazine

2150-470: Was a partner in SF alongside Foxtel , CBS Studios International and Sony Pictures Television ; after the channel shut down in 2013, NBCUniversal launched a local version of Syfy in 2014. On May 11, 2017, in honor of the network's upcoming 25th anniversary, Syfy unveiled a major rebranding that took effect on-air June 19. The new branding was intended to re-position the channel back towards targeting fans of

2200-412: Was later moved to Thursday nights, starting March 14, 2011, where it remained until all anime programming was dropped on June 9, 2011. On April 20, 2019, Syfy launched a new late night adult animation block called TZGZ which aired until March 13, 2021. Sci Fi Pictures original films are independently-made B-movies with production budgets of $ 1 million to $ 2 million each. The initiative

2250-785: Was published by Sovereign Media Co, based in Herndon, Virginia . As of October 2023, the magazine is still described at the Sovereign Media website, but the link to the publication is no longer active there, and no link is available at the Syfy.com site; the last functioning archived link from the Syfy.com page is for the issue available in October 2014. Science Fiction Weekly was an online magazine started on August 15, 1995, and edited by Craig Engler and Brooks Peck. In April 1996, it began appearing exclusively on "The Dominion" as part of

2300-464: Was rebranded in 2010 as Blastr, with the addition of feature articles, guest columnists (such as Phil Plait ), popular science news and coverage, and video content. In December 2016, Blastr rebranded as Syfy Wire; editor-in-chief Adam Swiderski stated that this change was to closer associate the website with the Syfy television channel. As of March 2018, Syfy Wire releases five regular podcasts, including two recap series following The Expanse and

2350-529: Was seen as a natural fit with classic films and television series that both studios had in their vaults, including Universal's Dracula , Frankenstein , and the Rod Serling TV series Night Gallery , along with Paramount's Star Trek television series. Star Trek ' s creator Gene Roddenberry and author Isaac Asimov were recruited by Rubenstein and Silvers to serve on the initial advisory board, but both Roddenberry and Asimov had died by

2400-470: Was spearheaded by Thomas Vitale in 2001, and was managed by Vitale, Chris Regina, and Ray Cannella, with the later additions of Karen O'Hara and Macy Lao. Syfy is also one of the sponsors for the Coalition for Freedom of Information. Syfy's website launched in 1995, under the name The Dominion (though using scifi.com in its URL); it changed to SciFi.com in 2000. The site has won a Webby Award and

2450-401: Was tasked by Yuzna with creating some artwork for the film but Yuzna ultimately felt none of it worked in the world of Re-Animator . Some of Raaphorst's artwork were speculated to have been reused for his own directorial effort, Frankenstein's Army . The final film in the trilogy would've been titled Re-Animator Begins and would've featured an amnesiac Hebert West rescued from an asylum by

2500-487: Was used from 1999 to 2002, dropped the hyphen and the word "CHANNEL" from the name. The network's third and final "ringed planet" logo ran from 2002 to 2009, and was designed by Lambie-Nairn . The logo made its debut on December 2, 2002, with the launch of the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken . The network also launched a new image campaign with the tagline "If", which expresses the limitless possibilities of

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