Gargoyles (1972) (TV)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Bill L. Norton

Writers:

Elinor Karpf (writer)
Steven Karpf (writer)

Release Date:

21 November 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They're coming for you!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Gargoyle | Desert | Father Daughter Relationship | Anthropologist | Anthropology

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

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)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Tomorrow Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: The cops' car speeding down a dirt road changes from a Chevy Impala to a Ford.

Movie Connections:

References Häxan (1922)

Astonishingly effective special effects from a pre-computer age

One of the few movies of that era or any other that could scare the hell out of you. I have never seen a movie do so much with so little. The tourist attraction featuring gargoyle remains, the efforts of the other gargoyles to retrieve those remains, the attack in the shed, the attack upon the moving car, the motel scene, they were shocking because they were believable, with thought provoking religious overtones that were unexpected in a made for tv movie from that era. Highly recommended.