Naked Theater & Uncensored Horror

In this candid memoir, horror legend Stuart Gordon gives a vivid account of his remarkable life, from a student manning the barricades during the civil unrest of the 1960s, via an infamous extended stint as an experimental theater maverick that included his arrest on obscenity charges for a satirical 1968 reimagining of Peter Pan, to ultimately becoming an iconic figure in cult cinema. Along with actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, producer Brian Yuzna, and screenwriter Dennis Paoli, Gordon shocked the world with his wickedly witty 1985 debut feature Re-Animator. The smash hit film immediately established Gordon as the pre-eminent cinematic interpreter of legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft. He went on to undertake a succession of horror, science fiction, and thriller productions that saw him working across the globe, from Italy (Castle Freak), Hungary (Daughter of Darkness) and Australia (Fortress), to Ireland (Space Truckers) and Spain (Dagon). Gordon recalls a wealth of anecdotes, revealing what it was like to direct actors such as Anthony Perkins, Dennis Hopper, Oliver Reed, Lance Henriksen and William H. Macy. Stuart Gordon's memoir is an authentically funny, disarmingly honest glimpse into the life of a director pushing the limits of what the mainstream would accept. It's the story of a bona fide original, an uncompromising artist with the common touch, and of a loving family man who delighted in disturbing us all with his restless, brilliant imagination. Gordon's filmography ranges from the iconic Lovecraftian horror From Beyond (1986), to science fiction action flicks including Robot Jox (1990), gruelling period pieces such as The Pit and the Pendulum (1998), the brutal drama King of the Ants (2003), and his David Mamet adaptation Edmond (2005). Gordon has left behind a unique, subversive cinematic legacy. Naked Theater & Uncensored Horror is Stuart Gordon's final completed work, presented by FAB Press unexpurgated, and fully endorsed and approved by the Gordon family trust.