Stuart Gordon
Eight Times the Masters of Horror Mastered Other Genres
All horror fans have their favorite directors. We root for these guys. They’re the names we saw over and over again when we started diving into the genre. For many of us, they were the first di...
Why ‘Bride of Re-Animator’ Works as a Stylish Sendup of the First
Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator is, easily, one of the best horror comedies of the 1980s. A worthy follow-up to that seemed nearly impossible, in part because the movie is so great and in...
Stuart Gordon: Interviews, A Singularly Subversive Spirit [Book Review]
Stuart Gordon is best remembered for his 1985 debut film, Re-Animator. With buckets of blood and a decapitated head giving head (a visual pun Gordon’s high school buddy and frequent writer Denn...
Surprising Early Jobs of Your Favorite Horror Movie Directors
Everybody starts somewhere, even your favorite horror directors. Getting into the industry is an incredibly hard thing to do. Nobody becomes a director, writer, producer, or scores any major position ...
Dolls is a Thrilling Modern Fairy Tale for Adults [Retrospective]
Dolls takes place on a dark and especially stormy night. The film finds an eclectic group of people taking refuge from the storm at the home of a seemingly sweet but ultimately creepy older ...
Script to Pieces: Stuart Gordon and Barbara Crampton’s Bloody Bess
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
Why Castle Freak Works as a Dark Family Drama
Stuart Gordon’s first feature film, Re-Animator, was one of those rare movies that became an instant cult classic. It didn’t have a huge release. It was exhibited without an MPAA ra...
Four of the Strangest Non-Cronenberg Body Horror Films
David Cronenberg is undeniably the master of body horror, so much that the sub-genre has become synonymous with his name, even if he hasn’t directed a movie of this type in years. He will alway...
Script to Pieces: Stuart Gordon’s Shadow Over Innsmouth
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...