Rejuvenatrix (also known as The Rejuvenator) is a 1988 American horror film starring Vivian Lanko and John MacKay, and directed by Brian Thomas Jones.

However she does not realize that Ashton had to use the brains of dead bodies to get the chemical needed for the formula, which she must continue being injected with, and this leaves a limited supply shortly after.

The experiment has unforeseen side effects, and turns Warren into a monster, who resorts to murder in her lust for human brains.

Mackler contacted Jones after he was impressed with his 1984 short-film Overexposed, a film about photojournalists on assignment in El Salvador.

Mackler sent him a script titled Skin, which was written by Simon Nuchtern, specifically as a vehicle for special effects make-up artist Ed French.

Within the film, American all-female heavy metal group Poison Dolly's made an appearance performing live at a nightclub.

[3] The group performed two songs; "Turn Out the Lights" and "Nice Boy" - both of these tracks exclusive to the film.

Speaking of Vivian Lanko, Jones recalled she was "committed" and "endured hours of effects application and removal".

[2] Upon its release, Jones and Mackler had planned to use initial positive reviews to re-market the film as a "modern midnight movie".

In the early 2014 interview for UK Horror Scene, Budrewicz described the film as "a marvellous, Gothic sci-fi frightener - a kooky and ever-so-slightly-kinky hybrid of Cronenberg, The Wasp Woman and Billy Wilder's noir classic Sunset Boulevard".

The plot is too repetitive and obvious, and the film never falls into the category of B-movies where it's so laughable that it becomes fun to watch.

One of the nicest compliments I got was from a professor of mine in grad school, who taught critical theory for art.