# ‘Herbert West: Reanimator’: First Look At Joseph Morgan & Katie Cassidy In Fantasy Horror Adapted From H.P. Lovecraft Story

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/herbert-west-reanimator-first-look-at-joseph-morgan-katie-cassidy-in-fantasy-horror-adapted-from-h-p-lovecraft-story/
- Published: 2026-07-17T20:38:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T07:14:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/07/joseph-morgan-katie-cassidy-herbert-west-reanimator-1236997129/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Joseph Morgan and Katie Cassidy star in new "Herbert West: Reanimator" adaptation
- Contemporary reimagining of Lovecraft story now filming in Illinois
- Both actors also serve as executive producers on the film

## Summary

Deadline has revealed first-look images of Joseph Morgan and Katie Cassidy in "Herbert West: Reanimator," a contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft's 1922 short story, now filming in Alton, Illinois. Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals) takes the title role of a surgeon obsessed with reanimating the dead, while Cassidy (Arrow) plays a pathologist with a troubled past who becomes drawn into his experiments; both are also serving as executive producers. The project follows an earlier adaptation of the same story, the cult 1985 film starring Jeffrey Combs, and marks a return to horror for Cassidy.

Michael Grossman is directing from an original screenplay by Jade Sandberg Wallace, with Jeff Lewis producing through financier Woodlake Entertainment. The extended synopsis traces West's childhood trauma after witnessing his father's failed reanimation experiment, through to his adult obsession with a serum capable of reviving severed tissue, aided by pathologist Kate Locke, who is intrigued rather than repelled by his work. Supporting cast includes Scott Aiello, Ira J Amyx and Randall Newsome among others. Both leads described enthusiasm for the "dark twist" the new version brings to the Lovecraft source material.

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