Stuart Gordon, director of such classic horror films as Re-Animator and From Beyond died Tuesday night. He was 72. The cause of death was multiple organ failure as confirmed with his family.
Gordon made his film debut with 1985’s “Re-Animator,” a horror-comedy cult classic starring Jeffrey Combs as Dr. Herbert West, a medical student obsessed with raising the dead. He also made the H.P. Lovecraft based film “From Beyond”, “Castle Freak and 2001’s “Dagon”.
To many fans and fellow filmmakers, Gordon was a master of horror and a maestro with heart. He is remembered for his iconoclast spirit as well as his generosity to a generation of younger independent horror filmmakers who grew up on his ‘80s cult classics, many of whom count him as a longtime mentor.
The director, who resided in Valley Glen, is survived by his wife and collaborator, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, and daughters Suzanna, Jillian, and Margaret Gordon.
