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Gargoyles

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5.8/10 • 55

1972-11-211h 14m

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Watch Out! The Gargoyles Are Here

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.

Directors
Bill L. Norton
Writters
Elinor Karpf, Steven Karpf
Editors
Elinor Karpf, Steven Karpf, Frank P. Keller

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  1. Cornel Wilde

    Cornel Wilde

    Dr. Mercer Boley

  2. Jennifer Salt

    Jennifer Salt

    Diana Boley

  3. Grayson Hall

    Grayson Hall

    Mrs. Parks

  4. Bernie Casey

    Bernie Casey

    The Gargoyle

  5. Scott Glenn

    Scott Glenn

    James Reeger

  6. William Stevens

    William Stevens

    Police Chief

  7. John Gruber

    John Gruber

    Jesse

  8. Woody Chambliss

    Woody Chambliss

    Uncle Willie

  9. Jim Connell

    Jim Connell

    Buddy

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CinemaSerf

Mar 12, 2025

6/10

If you are a fan of “Dr. Who” then you might quite enjoy this rather daft latex affair, even if Cornel Wilde is without any swash and buckle this time. This time, he is palaeontologist “Boley” who travels with his daughter “Diana” (Jennifer Salt) to investigate the discovery of a peculiar skull in the Arizona desert. Before they know it, they are under siege from some horned green creatures who have been dormant for centuries and now awakened, are determined not to succumb to the dominance of mankind once again. It’s going to be down to the intrepid “Boley” to see if he can’t broker some sort of amnesty but with both humanity and gargoyle bent on destroying the other, well it’s going to be tough. It can’t have had much of a budget, the visuals are cheap and cheerful and the digitised voices of our jolly green giants isn’t the best, but this is a fun adventure that uses the natural settings of caverns, woods and a tiny log cabin to create a vague sense of menace that uses the light and audio quite imaginatively. If you are a fan of the genre and appreciate just what creativity looked like before programmers took over, then you ought to enjoy this. Aim low, though.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
skeletonmonsterparent child relationshipprofessorcavemountaingargoyledemondesertanthropologist