The Revenant (2009)
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
Details
Budget
$0
Rating
6/10 (257 votes)
Status
Released
Production Companies
Putrefactory Limited, Wanko Toys
About The Revenant
The 2009 film "The Revenant" mixes horror and comedy elements with a war setting. It centers on Joey and his friend Bart, who returns from the dead as a revenant. Bart is an articulate zombie whose decomposition is halted by drinking blood.
The movie has a runtime of 110 minutes and was released with a "Released" status. It holds a vote average of 6 based on 257 votes on TMDB. Ratings from other sources include a 6.3 on IMDb from 11,400 votes, a 56% approval on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 57/100 on Metacritic. Keywords associated with the film are "police," "gangster," "vigilante," and "revenant."
Despite its genre combination, the film is distinct from the more widely known 2015 movie of the same name, which frequently leads to search confusion.
Why you might be searching for The Revenant
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You can stream *The Revenant* (2009) on Netflix in the US, and it is available on Shudder Amazon Channel in the UK. It can also be rented or purchased digitally from platforms like Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and YouTube.
*The Revenant* (2009) is a fictional dark comedy/horror film about a soldier who returns from the dead as a revenant, a type of undead being, and becomes a vigilante.
At the end of *The Revenant* (2009), Bart is captured by SWAT teams after draining Janet of her blood and disposing of her body. He reanimates in the morgue, escapes, and finds Joey's severed head, which he reanimates with a vibrating dildo. Joey warns Bart about a vengeful gangbanger, and Bart ultimately crushes Joey's head and then tries unsuccessfully to kill himself. He is eventually surrounded by hazmat-suited men, and the film concludes with Bart, along with other revenants, being air-dropped into Khūzestān Province, Iran, implying they are being used for military purposes.
*The Revenant* (2009) has received positive feedback from horror film reviewers, with some calling it a potential cult classic and comparing it to other dark fantasy/comedies like *Return of the Living Dead* and *Re-Animator*.