Rent it now: Chicago theater star Stuart Gordon’s ‘Re-Animator’

Chicago theater director Stuart Gordon’s debut film, “Re-Animator,” was an audience-divider in 1985, because of the way it mixed over-the-top gore and comedy. Lots of people want their horror movies straight, but I’ve always liked pictures that mix thrills and laughs. Deadly serious horror pics like John Carpenter’s early 1980s remake of “The Thing” or […]