Since Beyond Re-Animator is controversial amongst most Re-Animator fans - one of the biggest critiques being Dan's exclusion and/or him testifying against Herbert - I'm curious to see what would be the most popular rewrite to the canon. Regardless of your thoughts on Beyond Re-Animator, as a movie/story as a whole, I'm just interested in your preferred outcome/status of Herbert and Dan post Bride of Re-Animator. i.e. what do you think is the most likely, in-character/appropriate outcome/consequences after the events of Bride? I mainly approached asking this question with a focus on the opinion of Herbert and Dan's relationship to each other and how the judicial system views them.
So, that being said...
*Herbert and Dan are wanted fugitives, but have avoided arrest
**Wracked with guilt, Dan is on the outside actively trying to rectify his actions by attempting to overturn Herbert's conviction, lessen his sentence, etc. Whether Herbert is made aware of this effort and Dan's specific method to free him is up to you.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts! Please share for a bigger sample size. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the tags. The purpose of this poll is mostly just interest in the broad fandom consensus, but also I've got a potential project bouncing around in the brain that this info is pertinent to so 👀
My daybill interpretation of RE-ANIMATOR (1985) as part of a group exhibit for BORLFF (Brisbane Only Repulsive Liquid Film Festival) by Feature Presentation. Mine and the others' wonderful prints are open for pre-orders here until the end of September!!