The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
177 audience votes
Key crew
- Terence FisherDirector
- John GillingScreenplay
- James BernardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter CushingDr. Namaroff
- Christopher LeeProf. Karl Meister
- Richard PascoPaul Heitz
- Barbara ShelleyCarla Hoffman
- Michael GoodliffeProfessor Jules Heitz
- Patrick TroughtonInspector Kanof
- Joseph O'ConorCoroner
- Prudence HymanThe Gorgon
- Jack WatsonRatoff
- Jeremy LonghurstBruno Heitz
- Toni GilpinSascha Cass
- Alister WilliamsonJanus Cass
Stills
Themes
germanyvillagefull moongreek mythologygorgon1910spetrification