Gargoyles (1972)

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Siskoid
When 70s interest in the occult gets the TV movie treatment, we get something like Gargoyles, which isn't VERY much about the occult. It features a demonologist and his daughter fighting what the intro calls Satan's own army on Earth, but in truth, the gargoyles could have been just about any monster from a 50s B-movie. It's still fantasy because their life cycle doesn't make any scientific sense, but then, what does here? There are enough plot holes, inconsistencies, unmotivated behavior and obnoxious slow-motion (every time the gargoyles are on screen) that it would be worthy of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. The third act does almost achieve a kind of cheesy grandeur, and it's cool that the monsters all look different, just like there's a variety of them in art and architecture. It's Stan Winston's first feature and the make-up won an Emmy. It's a bit as if Bosch inspired the rubber suits. So we have to say the Emmy-winning Gargoyles, no matter what we think of it. 2 years 2 months ago
jerry warton
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33sh47_gargoyles-pt-1-of-2_shortfilms pt 1 8 years 6 months ago