The Gorgon

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Jay W It's Hammer Time, with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Some might be perplexed why Christopher Lee gets top billing when he isn't showing up much. I justify the decision with saying that they measured it from who are the most interesting characters. Lee steals every scene he is in and moves the plot forward. The movie does a good job setting up a creepy uneasy feel. They establish a mystery; the citizens all seem to be keeping some secret. The characters feel expendable, any one of them might be killed. And they use a monster type that isn't overly used. The pacing is just a little slow. The audience connects the dots a lot quicker than the heroes. And the movie can feel repetitive. And the finale is...the finale is good horror cheese, I enjoyed it. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Richard W A b horror movie ..I'm a bit nostalgic when it comes to watching christopher lee and old actors .great set great acting..story line was ok it actually caught me half way through ..and I thought hey this is not too bad Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Blobbo X No man looks upon The Gorgon and lives! (Other than that, pretty good picture.) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review Audience Member The Gorgon often feels slow, especially when it's taking forever for characters to turn to stone after looking in the monster's eyes, but after Christopher Lee comes bursting in, the movie is able to deliver an exciting final confrontation even if the Gorgon doesn't look believable enough to freeze anyone with fear. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my favorites of all the hammer films. Atmospheric with a few jump-scares and very well acted by all parties concerned Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A Hammer film that looks to Greek mythology for the basis of it's plot with the mythical creature known as The Gorgon (a woman with snakes for hair and the ability to turn anyone who looks her in the eye to stone) being adapted and shone through the Hammer Films' prism.  This film features the combined talents of Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Patrick Troughton who are all amazing. In fact, the storyline between Cushing, his wife and her lover overshadows the actual gorgon at one point. This isn't detrimental to the film's narrative though.  This film looks absolutely beautiful. I watched the restored Blu-ray version from the first Indicator boxset and they have done a phenomenal job. I hadn't even heard of this film before the release of the boxset but I'm glad I did. It's a brilliant film and deserves to be seen more widely. I would love a cinema release of some of Hammer's films so that their full glory can be seen on the big screen.  Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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