Reign of the Gargoyles (2007)

During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their aircraft is attacked by Nazi-controlled mythological Gargoyles.

Director:

Ayton Davis

Writer:

Chase Parker

Stars:

Joe Penny, Wes Ramsey, Sean Mahon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Penny	...	Gus
Wes Ramsey	...	Will
Sean Mahon	...	Deacon
Julia Rose	...	Sophie
Billy Lush	...	Chick
John Ashton	...	Commander Latham
Brad Beyer	...	Porter
Miroslav Emilov	...	Nash
Boris Pankin	...	Lieutenant Eyepatch
Stoyan Mladenov	...	Finn
Johnathan Sparcino	...	Sobczek
Ruscen Vidinliev	...	Van Horn (as Rushi Vidinliev)
Julian Vergov	...	Schrieber
Evgeni Gospodinov	...	Lt. Mueller
Bryan O'Duffy	...	Col. Sears

Storyline

One of Himmler's grim Nazi relic hunting teams managed to unleash, but not control, a demonic force in castle mountain caves in occupied continental Europe. It breathes life into gargoyles, which terrorize not only the area but also passing allied bombers. Operating from Kent, first an RAF squad and then a USAF squad sent to rescue them suffer heavy losses. Crash survivors combine, advised by local resistance and legend, in a desperate fight against the hell-breed, with rebellious ace pilot Will in the ultimate star part.

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Plot Keywords:

dreary | nazi | gargoyle | fight | fire | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

A sötét szárnyak birodalma

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sci Fi Pictures, Concrete Productions, Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For most of the flashbacks, footage from another Sci-Fi Channel film "Dragon Storm" was used. The film was tinted sepia.

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Goofs

In the church when the exposition about the gargoyles occurs, the girl states that the small ones are "flesh and blood"; yet, moments before one was hit by a shotgun, and shattered as if made of stone.

User Reviews

Nice idea but botched execution

Given the well documented interest of the Nazi party hierarchy in the occult -Hitler and Himmler especially -it is a minor pity that so few supernaturally themed movies or science fiction movies have taken this as a starting point ."The Keep" , a pretentious rambling Michael Mann movie and the altogether better if more modest Trancers apart it remains a relatively unexplored area for genre cinema.Reign of the Gargoyles does tackle this subject and makes a decent if somewhat undercooked stab at it Nazi scientists are able to resurrect stone demons and set them loose in an attempt to sabotage Allied attacks on the Central European heartland .An American aircrew is dispatched to try to discover what is going on ,and are brought down by an attack of these winged demons .They combine with a small local partisan band to destroy the creatures ,and this involves locating a sacred spear from the grave of a long dead knight who had originally imprisoned the demons some time in the Middle Ages The problem is a lack of quality in the special effects ,which are workmanlike rather than exceptional and a cast of unknowns whose talent is such they are likely to stay that way .The script is underpowered and allows for little or no character development The location photography is good however and makes good use of the bleak ,wintry landscape to give an eerie and edgy look to the picture

A bigger effects budget and sharper scripting would have made this a better movie .As it is ,what we have is an okay picture which just fails to do justice to its premise