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 The late great Stuart Gordon was the master of adapting the films of H.P. Lovecraft works for the screen, having made the notable Re-Animator and From Beyond. He knew how to balance terrifying ideas with dark humor and exquisite gore. Now, director Joe Lynch (Mayhem) pays tribute to Gordon with his own Lovecraft adaptation, Suitable Flesh, which had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. It has a script by Dennis Paoli, the man who wrote the horror classics by Gordon, and actress Barbara Crampton, who starred in them. What could be more amazing? Heather Graham plays psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby. She is in a mental institution for murdering a young patient named Asa Waite (Judah Lewis). Desperate to prove her innocence, Elizabeth pleads her case to her colleague and friend, Dr. Daniella Upton (Crampton). At this point, the story returns to reveal how she met the troubled Asa and was drawn into the seriously dysfunctional relationship he had with her father Ephraim (B...