It's big budget worthy work on a shoestring budget. And the leader (Bernie Casey (Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again, UN Washington in Revenge of the Nerds) has the perfect look that balances a regal bearing with an otherworldly aura. The look of the creatures is wonderful, as they don't all look the same.
It's one of the first films Stan Winston (Terminator, Aliens) worked on, providing a variety of gargoyle makeup. Norton (Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, More American Graffiti) and written by Steven and Elinor Karpf (Devil Dog: The Hound from Hell, The Jayne Mansfield Story), Gargoyles may be uneven, but has moments of pure joy. ] Originally airing on CBS on November 21st, 1972, it was directed by Bill L. Even today, it's hard to find on DVD (but YouTube is a whole different story). It just looked strange and in the late 70s, it wasn't like I could on demand find it. He answered Night of the Living Dead and Gargoyles, so I was always nervous to watch this movie. GARGOYLES certainly deserves to be a classic of this era's made-for-TV movies and it's clearly one of the best of its kind.When I was a kid, I remember asking my dad what movies he thought were scary.
The film offers up some performances from Wilde and Salt as well as supporting players Grayson Hall, William Stevens and a young Scott Glenn. The voice alterations for the monsters were also a bit silly and brought on some unintended camp value. I think there are a few too many silly moments during the final act and I must say that all the scenes with the head gargoyle and the daughter talking are somewhat embarrassing. I thought the monsters were a lot of fun and their outfits and looks were certainly a major plus.
Once we do get to see the creatures the suspense dies out but I think the effects are still so good that you can't help but have fun with them. There are a couple examples early on where we just hear the monsters or see their shadows as they fly across something and these moments are very effective. I thought director Bill Norton actually did a very good job at building up the anticipation of the monsters early on and I thought some of the best moments happened before we ever actually got to see the creatures. At just 74-minutes GARGOYLES packs enough fun to make it worth viewing even though some rather silly moments and flaws. He's pretty much a non-believer that something could be out there today but that all changes when he runs into a pack of gargoyles who are just waiting to take the world over. Gargoyles (1972) *** (out of 4) Fun made-for-TV horror film has an anthropologist (Cornel Wilde) and his daughter (Jennifer Salt) traveling out West so that he can do research on his book about demons.
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