Tributes pour in as Australian movie industry icon dies aged just 44: 'Struggling to process this tragic news' READ MORE: Iconic 'Carrie' movie star By A. James For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:18 EDT, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 06:34 EDT, 24 May 2024 e-mail View comments Melbourne based cult film expert and critic Lee Gambin has died. News of his passing was released to the internet by his friends on Friday.
He was 44. The cause of death has not been made public. Though not widely known outside of film buff circles Down Under, Gambin had an active career as an expert on cult movies, and horror films that had attracted the respect of film historians and fans worldwide.
Over the last decade he was keenly sought out by international producers of physical media to provide learned commentary and essays for DVD and Blu Rays releases. Australian cult film expert, movie critic and author Lee Gambin has died at age 44 (pictured) Born in 1979, Gambin became a lecturer on film and was a major identity with the Cinemaniacs film group in Melbourne. He was also an author of several books on film including Like Being on Mars - An Oral history of Carrie, which looked at the making of Brian de Palma's 1976 horror classic.
Gambin also provided a commentary on that gruesome fan favourite for the release of the film via the prestigious Arrow label in the UK. A lover of horror films, Gambin also wrote a book about the creation of another Stephen King cult movie classic: 'Nope, Nothing to See H.