Review of The Gorgon (1964) by Philip G — 06 Oct 2007
"Their heads were crowned with living snakes, and each snake was a tentacle of the hellish brain from which it sprang.".
A typically sturdy Hammer offering from the winning Cushing/Lee/Fisher team.
I love Chris Lee's character in particular - a forthright, no-nonsense, blustery academic. Cushing, though he gets more screen-time, is comparatively less impressive in a role not so very far removed from his Baron in the same year's Evil Of Frankenstein - not to say that he makes a bad job of it (far from it); blame the role, not the actor. Naturally, lovely Babs Shelley gives her character a dignity typical of many of her roles.
Some great atmospheric sequences here, and James Bernard's score is a somewhat subdued affair, which definitely works in the film's favour; the Gorgon herself (Pedant's Note: Maguera and NOT Medusa as stated in Flixster's synopsis) is never over-used, the screenplay electing to keep her a 'background threat'.
Patrick Troughton & Jack Watson lend excellent support; Richard Pasco plays the wet 'heroic' lead.
Decent effort.
This review of The Gorgon (1964) was written by Philip G on 06 Oct 2007.
The Gorgon has generally received mixed reviews.
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