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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Gorgon (1964) in Movies

Feb 10, 2018 (Updated Feb 10, 2018)  
The Gorgon (1964)
The Gorgon (1964)
1964 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
5
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Every Day a Bad Hair Day
Hammer horror from the studio's imperial phase, with the period setting and star names (Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing) that might lead one to expect something quite distinguished. However, the premise is such an odd one - a monster from Greek mythology is lurking in German-occupied Europe, petrifying the unwary - that the film-makers really struggle to know what to do with it, settling in the end for a story structure partly knocked off from the less interesting kind of werewolf movie.

Well-directed in parts, with some good imagery and set piece scenes, but the movie struggles to give the cast the material they deserve and the meandering and repetitive storyline can only charitably be described as a plot. All a bit bleak and cheerless; inevitably comes across as slightly misogynistic too.