The Gorgon (1964 film)

The Gorgon (1964)

Summary

"A monster with the power to turn living, screaming flesh into stone!" In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.

Details

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• Setting: Gaslight Ruritania ("Vandorf")
• Runtime: 1 hr 23 min
• Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco
• Director: Terence Fisher
• Writer: John Gilling (screenplay by), J. Llewellyn Devine (based on an original story by)
• Producer/Production Co: Hammer Films
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Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: approved (equivalent to a PG for Violence)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• Ss___ (One and a Half Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; vaguely similar in tone)

An atmospheric variation on a mythological being haunts a (roughly) modern-era rural town.

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Reviews

Review Links:

• Review by Jeffrey M. Anderson at Combustible Celluloid (3/4 Stars) (link)
• Review by Richard Scheib at The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (4/5 Stars) (link)
• Review by Frank Veenstra at BobaFett1138 (6/10) (link)
• Review by Chris Wood at British Horror Films (link)

Synopsis (SPOILERS)

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In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.

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Associated Mythos Elements

• race: Gorgon