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The Gorgon( 1964)

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A venture into the deepest, starkest realms of the supernatural...

Overview

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.

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      Peter Cushing

      Dr. Namaroff

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      Christopher Lee

      Prof. Karl Meister

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      Richard Pasco

      Paul Heitz

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      Barbara Shelley

      Carla Hoffman

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      Michael Goodliffe

      Professor Jules Heitz

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      Patrick Troughton

      Inspector Kanof

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      Joseph O'Conor

      Coroner

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      Prudence Hyman

      The Gorgon

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      Jack Watson

      Ratoff

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      Jeremy Longhurst

      Bruno Heitz

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      Toni Gilpin

      Sascha Cass

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      Alister Williamson

      Janus Cass

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      Joyce Hemson

      Martha

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      Redmond Phillips

      Hans

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      Michael Peake

      Constable

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      Sally Nesbitt

      Nurse

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      Fred Haggerty

      Constable

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Apr 01 2014
    One of Terence Fisher's most undervalued films. "Overshadowing the village of Vandorf stands the Castle Borski. From the turn of the century a monster from an ancient age of history came to live here. No living thing survived and the spectre of death hovered in waiting for her next victim." Directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions, The Gorgon stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley and Richard Pasco. Photography is by Michael Reed, the design courtesy of Bernard Robinson and the unique score is by James Bernard (he blended Soprano with a Novachord). Very much a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • germany
    • village
    • full moon
    • greek mythology
    • gorgon
    • 1910s
    • petrification