Gargoyles (TV 1972)

An anthropologist/paleontologist and his daughter, while travelling through the southwestern US, stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles who in the end only want to be left alone.

Director:

Bill L. Norton

Writers:

Steven Karpf, Elinor Karpf

Stars:

Cornel Wilde, Jennifer Salt, Grayson Hall

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cornel Wilde	...	Dr. Mercer Boley
Jennifer Salt	...	Diana Boley
Grayson Hall	...	Mrs. Parks
Bernie Casey	...	The Gargoyle
Scott Glenn	...	James Reeger
William Stevens	...	Police Chief
John Gruber	...	Jesse
Woody Chambliss	...	Uncle Willie
Jim Connell	...	Buddy
Timothy Burns	...	Morris Ray (as Tim Burns)
Mickey Alzola	...	Gargoyle
Greg Walker	...	Gargoyle
Rock A. Walker	...	Gargoyle (as Rock Walker)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

gargoyle | desert | anthropologist | anthropology | demon | 

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Taglines:

Watch Out! The Gargoyles Are Here.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 1972 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 3225 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tomorrow Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The whole film was shot with a single camera.

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Goofs

After the Gargoyle takes Dr. Boley into the cave and they are talking the dubbing doesn't quite match the Gargoyles lips. And after he tells Boley "Oh, you'll be around to see it (the end of mankind)." the dubbing stops and you can hear Bernie Casey in his real voice say "Boley."

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Quotes

Uncle Willie: [being a total brown-nose as Professor Boley looks at him in disgust] I saw yuh on that television talk show, perfesser, and yuh impressed me with yer knowledge and yer know-how.

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Connections

Referenced in Stan Winston: Monster Mogul (2003)

User Reviews

Who can forget that voice?

Yes, it was Vic Perrin, the "Control Voice" from The Outer Limits, who narrated the opening of Gargoyles. With all due respect to Lee Shapiro's summary, the bat-winged leader of the scaly monsters (played by Bernie Casey) makes it quite clear to "Dr. Boley" (Cornel Wilde) that the extinction of humanity is the evil creature's ultimate goal. Although IMDb does not list it, Bernie Casey appeared, in suitably scary prosthetic makeup, as the alien interrogator in the The Outer Limits episode titled: "Nightmare." As far as I'm concerned, Gargoyles noses out The Other as the best low-budget, made-for-TV, Sci-Fi/Horror flick of all time!