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Summary: A Monster movie with a Great original Idea!
Review: GORGO is an exception to the travesties in the 60's concerning atomically-created monstrosities of evil- or good. Here, the titular star is actually a creature come to destroy a city (London) only to locate and save its offspring from its human captors there. The 2 creatures are freed from a volcanic explosion and the infant(65 ft. tall) is caught and brought to the aforementioned city as part of circus exploitation. (...) The writing and acting are fine, but the excellent special effects are the main draw here, as is the fact that producer-director Eugene Lourie, who helmed THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK, is in charge here. A minor classic that has TOWERING potential.
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Summary: Trying to copy Godzilla
Review: Gorgo was a cool creature. Not as great as Godzilla. Just because the effects were better, the storyline was like!!!!!!!!! King Kong in a way.... The special effects also looked [poor], if you look at some scenes, when a guy is near Gorgo. If you look close, when the debris and parts of the top of the London bridge falls on the military, the debris and parts from the bridge are bluish, or aqua. Some scenes are like that. When a piece of the side of the building falls on the people and the cars, IT LOOKS EXTREMELY BAD.
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Summary: No Love Like A Mother's Love In Any Form
Review: Gorgo was one of those heavily hyped horror movies from my childhood. Produced by the same man who produced the classic "Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" this one is a classic in its own right. Here the creature is seen in a sympathetic light, not as just a menace. There is a reason for the rampage through London. It seems our heros have stolen it's offspring and wisked it away to the circus. Well, mom was furious, and London paid the price. The acting is decent, the effects are good for its time. Fans of old fashioned panic in the streets horror will like this one.
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Summary: No Love Like A Mother's Love In Any Form
Review: Gorgo was one of those heavily hyped horror movies from my childhood. Produced by the same man who produced the classic "Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" this one is a classic in its own right. Here the creature is seen in a sympathetic light, not as just a menace. There is a reason for the rampage through London. It seems our heros have stolen it's offspring and wisked it away to the circus. Well, mom was furious, and London paid the price. The acting is decent, the effects are good for its time. Fans of old fashioned panic in the streets horror will like this one.
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Summary: Fun Monster Flick
Review: I remember this film showing on TV in NY, well, it seemed like every Saturday when I was a kid. It came with one of the funniest typical TV Guide blurbs I remember from those days, something like: "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring that prehistoric monster back to London. Now its mother is coming looking for it." And that was it. And that IS it. That's the plot. Ambitious get-rich-quick guys find monster, bring it back to London over the objections of local boy who is wiser than all the adults in the picture, put it on display a la King Kong or Mighty Joe Young, and find something two or three times larger marching up the Thames Estuary soon after looking for its offspring. Plenty of mayhem ensues, of course. This is not quite up there with the classic Japanese monster films, but it will entertain you. The extras on the DVD are good too.
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Summary: Fun Monster Flick
Review: I remember this film showing on TV in NY, well, it seemed like every Saturday when I was a kid. It came with one of the funniest typical TV Guide blurbs I remember from those days, something like: "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring that prehistoric monster back to London. Now its mother is coming looking for it." And that was it. And that IS it. That's the plot. Ambitious get-rich-quick guys find monster, bring it back to London over the objections of local boy who is wiser than all the adults in the picture, put it on display a la King Kong or Mighty Joe Young, and find something two or three times larger marching up the Thames Estuary soon after looking for its offspring. Plenty of mayhem ensues, of course. This is not quite up there with the classic Japanese monster films, but it will entertain you. The extras on the DVD are good too.
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Summary: wonderful little classic
Review: I remmember this lovely classic from 4o years ago and am happy to see it on dvd ,beautiful music and wonderful meaning behind it, yes the effects dont compare to today but were still great for the time,besides its the story of a mothers love- and thats what really matters! also i loved gorgos red eyes. a nice little classic . christopher landry
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Summary: We've seen this before.
Review: I wish there were more to recommend about this DVD of GORGO, but its quite difficult. This was my first exposure to this film and I can honestly say, once is enough. Lets begin with the banner on the top of the box that read "Like nothing you have ever seen before!". Huh? Even by 1961, plenty of people had seen GODZILLA and its many clones. This seems equally a moot statement some 40 years later. There is nothing particularly special about GORGO. Sure, its set in the UK, but this makes no difference. GORGO still comes out of the water, makes a lot of noise and causes mass destrution. Just like the Japanese equivalent, there are plenty of folks running into the streets in mass havoc. Ho-hum. To make matters worse, there is a cutesy ending that has to be seen to be believed! As for the DVD itself. Certainly there must exist a print with much better COLOR and stability than this. The colors are washed out and the images often soft and jiggly (especially during the opening credits). The widescreen image at times seems like its been cut off, especially during the closing credits. The soundtrack is passable with some periodic noise. The menu is easy to handle and clever, but LOUD. The photo gallery is nothing to write home about, nor is the 10 minute feature (which certainly must overestimate this film's importance to the genre and to film as a whole). I suppose if you are an established fan of GORGO, you will be utterly thrilled If you are a first time viewer, like myself, you might question this DVD's price after viewing. For the same price, pick yourself up a good Hammer Films DVD.
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Summary: Root for the Monster.
Review: In this 60's 'monster that ate the world flick" you actually root for the big guy. Like of the many creative British si-fi movies of the 50/60's this one really had a good story along with effects. A must have for all big critter fans.
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Summary: Film is great, DVD is not so great...
Review: It is unfortunate that this very well-crafted British sci-fi/monster film has had such a lackluster transfer to DVD. The film was originally shot in Technicolor, but you'd never know it from the poor quality print on display here. The colors are somewhat washed out, and the shadow detail is all but non-existent. There are many nightime scenes in the film where practically everything is just...black. Or nearly. This near-classic film (with its many nicely-realized slow-motion shots of the mother and baby creatures tromping through London at night) deserves better treatment.
The special effects are certainly several notches above the Japanese Godzilla films of the era, and hold up nicely even today, thanks to attention to detail in every category....monster design, cinematography, etc. And of course, the film is played dead-seriously, which adds to its appeal.
Too bad the print itself is not up to par.
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