Third act ate! Love the atmosphere and Christopher Lee

Third act ate! Love the atmosphere and Christopher Lee

Megaera and Tisiphone were erinyes, not gorgons. I don't understand why they couldn't have just used Stheno and Euryale, they got Medusa's name right.

Also Christopher Lee's billing is way too high given how little screen-time he has.

Megaera and Tisiphone were erinyes, not gorgons. I don't understand why they couldn't have just used Stheno and Euryale, they got Medusa's name right.

Also Christopher Lee's billing is way too high given how little screen-time he has.

Not as strong as it was pitched to me, but still a lot of Hammer-y goodness here. Between Lee, Cushing, Barbara Shelley, and Patrick Troughton there's a lot of fun to be had.

Not as strong as it was pitched to me, but still a lot of Hammer-y goodness here. Between Lee, Cushing, Barbara Shelley, and Patrick Troughton there's a lot of fun to be had.

Not strictly a horror, this is a tragedy about control. The police state has control. Namaroff has control of Carla. Megaera has control of Carla. Every action so obviously mirrors (irony intended) another. Namaroff silencing the truth as so does the state. Meister as a direct liberating figure as opposed to Namaroff. Everything has its softer counterpart- the red, lava-spill eyes of the Gorgon against the rippled reflection of her face. 

Also, more so than perhaps any other Hammer I’ve watched, The Gorgon has a remarkable sense of place. The dusty ruins of Castle Borick; the labyrinthine, almost fairytale streets of Vandorf; the strewn laboratory of Dr. Namaroff. It’s all so gorgeously autumnal and feather light- technicolour barraging you with pastels rather than saturates. 

This’ll go up on a rewatch, I can feel it.

Not strictly a horror, this is a tragedy about control. The police state has control. Namaroff has control of Carla. Megaera has control of Carla. Every action so obviously mirrors (irony intended) another. Namaroff silencing the truth as so does the state. Meister as a direct liberating figure as opposed to Namaroff. Everything has its softer counterpart- the red, lava-spill eyes of the Gorgon against the rippled reflection of her face. 

Also, more so than perhaps any other Hammer I’ve watched, The Gorgon has a remarkable sense of place. The dusty ruins of Castle Borick; the labyrinthine, almost fairytale streets of Vandorf; the strewn laboratory of Dr. Namaroff. It’s all so gorgeously autumnal and feather light- technicolour barraging you with pastels rather than saturates. 

This’ll go up on a rewatch, I can feel it.

Why did everyone look regular and then Christopher Lee looked like he rolled through a Halloween store clearance wig rack

Why did everyone look regular and then Christopher Lee looked like he rolled through a Halloween store clearance wig rack