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Gorgon [1964]
starring: Terence Fisher|Christopher Lee|Peter Cushing|Richard Pasco

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5027522000276
Format: PAL
Label: Encore Entertainment
Manufacturer: Encore Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Encore Entertainment
Release Date: August 26, 1996
Running Time: 80 minutes
Studio: Encore Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1965
Sales Rank: 6281

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and a woman whose hair hisses. Not bad for a Transylvanian village
The Gorgon started out with a fascinating premise: An American scientist, determined to find the answer to osteoporosis, force-feeds residents of a Los Angeles retirement home massive quantities of calcium the way French farmers force-feed corn mash to geese. To the scientist's frustration, the residents turn to stone before he can properly record his experiments. Instead of the Nobel Award for medicine, late one stormy night he receives a lethal injection at a state prison while screaming that his intentions were misunderstood.

When financing fell through, the producers kept the cast and the plaster statues of men and women and hurriedly rewrote the screenplay to appeal to a wider audience. Now, deep in Transylvania in the village ... Read More:

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- Stone me, its really good!
This is one of Hammer's very best. Its a bit of a lost classic, as it has no Region 2 official release, and is never mentioned when Curse Of Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula etc are cited as classic British horrors.
This is most unfair as its a gem of a movie, one of Hammer's most beautiful to look at, and it is a real tragedy, with an extremely downbeat ending. There are no villians, and the monster is unaware of its deadly gift. Christopher Lee gets to play the hero, the crusading Professor Meister,who acts as a father figure to Paul Hertz(Richard Pascoe)after the his father dies mysteriously. Dr Namaroff(Peter Cushing),may appear openly hostile, but he is only trying to protect the person he loves. The same goes for the villagers, who are ... Read More:

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- An offbeat monster movie from Cushing, Lee & Fisher
Hammer reunited their big three of actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee along with director Terrence Fisher for the first time since "The Mummy" for the 1964 film "The Gorgon." Having seen success providing their own twists on Universal's classic monster, Hammer was obviously going for something original. Our story begins with the death of a beautiful artist's model who is found petrified, the seventh victim turned to stone in the last five years. The local physician, Dr. Namaroff (Cushing) convinces the police to pin the murder on the girl's lover, artist Bruno Heitz, who was found hung. When his father, Professor Heitz (Michael Goodliffe) arrives to investigate he encounters a strange crature in the shadows. Turning to stone, the Professor manages ... Read More:

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- treat it as a moody fairy-tale.
This is possibly one of the least known of the Hammer Horror collection, hence how scarce it is to find these days. I have a soft spot for it though because it was one of the first horror films I ever saw (way back when), and seeing it again in recent times I think it's still an atmospheric offering. If you're expecting lashings of blood and gore, and classy special effects, then don't even bother as you'll be disappointed. The pace is slow, the special effects are kiddies' play-group standard, but some scenes I would argue are on a par with any much more respected low-budget very off-beat horror. A remote German village is periodically haunted by a she-monster from ancient times. Anyone who has the misfortune to meet her will be turned into stone. ... Read More:

VHS : Gorgon [1964]