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The Gorgon
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
1964 · Directed by Terence Fisher · 83 min · Horror · Fantasy · 10 frames
Tagline
A venture into the deepest, starkest realms of the supernatural...
Crew
- Screenplay: John Gilling
- Cinematography: Michael Reed
- Edited by: Eric Boyd-Perkins
- Music: James Bernard
- Production design: Bernard Robinson
- Produced by: Anthony Nelson Keys
Cast
- Peter Cushing as Dr. Namaroff
- Christopher Lee as Prof. Karl Meister
- Richard Pasco as Paul Heitz
- Barbara Shelley as Carla Hoffman
- Michael Goodliffe as Professor Jules Heitz
- Patrick Troughton as Inspector Kanof
- Joseph O'Conor as Coroner
- Prudence Hyman as The Gorgon
- Jack Watson as Ratoff
- Jeremy Longhurst as Bruno Heitz
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Studios: Hammer Film Productions
- Themes: germany, village, full moon, greek mythology, gorgon, 1910s, petrification
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