![]() ![]() While the previous Roan laser looked pretty good, the DVD is a knockout, far better than any low budget '70s TV movie could ever be expected to look and easily on a par with Anchor Bay's excellent Dan Curtis releases. Strongly atmospheric and generally superior to most TV fare, Gargoyles has been brought to DVD in fine style. Of course, they also have several hundred eggs located in their vast cave lair, which clues Boley in that maybe the monsters have grown tired of hiding out away from human eyes. Sure enough, the small Arizona town is crawling with scaly beasts bent on recovering the remains of their ancestors. Of course, the prologue helpfully explains that gargoyles are real creatures who have become mythologized through the ages, so audiences should know what to expect next. After removing the skeleton from its burial location, Boley believes the species of the dead creature has yet to be discovered by human scientists. ![]() ![]() Devotees of Ridley Scott's Legend should be especially interested in the design for main gargoyle Bernie Casey, which obviously influenced the look of Tim Curry's sensual demon in that later fantasy epic.Īnthropologist Mercer Boley, played by Cornel Wilde ( The Naked Prey, No Blade of Grass), and his daughter, Diana (Jennnifer Salt, just before Brian De Palma's Sisters) make a trek through the Southwest to perform research on some strange uncovered skeletal remains. Of course, modern audiences who cut their teeth on animatronics and wild CGI effects will wonder what all the fuss is about, but overall the film holds up pretty well. Back when scary TV movies were de rigeur on the weekends, Gargoyles made a strong impression on many young fantasy fans and even captivated some older ones with its weird desert atmosphere and striking Stan Winston gargoyle creations. Now here's a movie whose effectiveness depends almost entirely on viewers' ages when they saw it on television. Starring Cornel Wilde, Jennifer Salt, Grayson Hall, Bernie Casey, Scott Glenn, William Stevens / Music by Robert Prince / Cinematography by Earl Rath ![]()
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