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The Gorgon (1964)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 9
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Release Date: Feb 17, 1965 Limited

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A small German town falls prey to an unseen monster that turns its victims into lifeless statues in this mid-'60s outing from Hammer Studios. When the girlfriend of bohemian artist Bruno Heitz (Jeremy Longhurst) becomes the latest townsperson to turn up dead, her corpse transformed to stone, Bruno hangs himself, leaving the town to assume his guilt. But when his father, Prof. Heitz (Michael Goodliffe), comes to investigate, he too encounters the Gorgon and turns to stone. Just before dying, the

Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.

Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Terence Fisher

Written By: John Gilling, J. Llewellyn Devine

In Theaters: Feb 17, 1965 Limited

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Peter Cushing
Dr. Namaroff
Christopher Lee
Prof. Carl Maister
Richard Pasco
Paul Heitz
Barbara Shelley
Carla Hoffman
Michael Goodliffe
Prof. Heitz
Patrick Troughton
Kanof
Jeremy Longhurst
Bruno Heitz
Toni Gilpin
Sascha
Redmond Phillips
Hans
Joseph O'Conor
Coroner
Alister Williamson
Cass
Michael Peake
Policeman
Sally Nesbitt
Nurse
Prudence Hyman
Chatelaine
Jack Watson
Eatoff
Joyce Hemson

Critic Reviews for The Gorgon

All Critics (11) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (3) | DVD (2)

Definitely Hammer at its best.

June 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Fares slightly better [than The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll].

October 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

It's too bad the make-up department couldn't get right the look of The Gorgon ... .

August 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The Gorgon is an interesting addition to the ... pantheon of classic monster movies - a sort of tragic love story told as a Gothic fairy tale.

July 3, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Steve Biodrowski

ESplatter

Enjoyable nonsense; the passing decades have rendered it more nonsenical, and thus more enjoyable.

June 7, 2004 Comment

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

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This movie is typical and dull, even though I was surprised to see Christopher Lee not playing the monster in this. Other than that, this movie is predictable and boring. The actors try, but sometimes they look bored too. Overall an okay movie.

October 29, 2011

AJ Verser

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The Gorgon is a fun but not phenomenal Hammer movie. Directed by Hammer master Terence Fisher, The Gorgon can boast everything from gothic settings to the pairing of Peter Cushing (sporting some surly facial hair) and an unruly and bad-ass Christopher Lee. The way the actual gorgon is set up is really nothing more than

November 22, 2008

Michael Gildea

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