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The Gorgon

A venture into the deepest, starkest realms of the supernatural...

6.4(178)19641h 23m2

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.

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Released
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Language
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  • germany
  • village
  • full moon
  • greek mythology
  • gorgon
  • 1910s
  • petrification

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR17 Feb 1965
    • PhysicalNRColumbia/TriStar Home Video #60001 [VHS] 83 minutes1 Jan 1987
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon21 Aug 1964
    • Theatrical18 Oct 1964
    • Physical12DVD4 Oct 2010
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB-1518 Oct 1964
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1518 Oct 1964

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The Gorgon was released on 18 October 1964.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    4/1/2014

    7/10

    One of Terence Fisher's most undervalued films. "Overshadowing the village of Vandorf stands the Castle Borski. From the turn of the century a monster from an ancient age of history came to live here. No living thing survived and the spectre of death hovered in waiting for her next victim." Directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions, The Gorgon stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley a…

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    Wuchak

    10/31/2019

    ***Medusa’s sister is loose in post-Victorian Germany!*** The spirit of one of the three Gorgon sisters from Greek mythology is terrorizing a German village in the early 1900s. A doctor (Peter Cushing) seems to be in denial about the supernatural element of the mounting deaths in the last seven years, but a professor from out of town has no qualms about finding the truth (Christopher Lee). Barbara Shelley plays th…

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    Sierbahnn

    5/5/2026

    7/10

    There's a reason Hammer was such a powerhouse in its time. With a cast that draws from both character actors and established stars, a plot that works, with engaging characters and good direction, it comes off grand. The effects are of the 60s, and you can't expect more, but for their time they are more than just average, and are used very well. Overall this is just a very solid Hammer movie, and one I can greatly rec…

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