The Gorgon

1964 83 min ★ 6.4 Horror, Fantasy

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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Cast

Peter Cushing

Dr. Namaroff

Christopher Lee

Prof. Karl Meister

Richard Pasco

Paul Heitz

Barbara Shelley

Carla Hoffman

Michael Goodliffe

Professor Jules Heitz

Patrick Troughton

Inspector Kanof

Joseph O'Conor

Coroner

Prudence Hyman

The Gorgon

Jack Watson

Ratoff

Jeremy Longhurst

Bruno Heitz

Details

Director

Terence Fisher

Screenplay

John Gilling

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

April 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 Le...

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Wuchak

October 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). Barb...

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Sierbahnn

May 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 o...