Godzilla, wanna be????
Added 6/7/2009
I had such fond memories of the movies of the fifties however this one is not of that genre. It still does mimic the "special effects" complete with monster with appendages remarkly "human-like" in length. I was quite disappointed with the movie but still if you love the simplicity of "old school" movie madness ... then this is what the doctor ordered.
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Give Me Back My Son!
Added 2/12/2009
Ogra is not a happy monster and who can really blame her.
Her son, Gorgo, was recently captured from their deep sea home and is now a freak-show attraction for a circus in London. And Ogra will stop at nothing to get her son back.
The 1961 British Sci-Fi is directed by Eugene Lourie and features the special effects of 2-time Academy Award winner Tom Howard. The monsters are a combination of Godzilla and King Kong, but there is an interesting environmental message in the screenplay by Robert L. Richards and Daniel James.
The military has unbelievable firepower, but the action builds up to the good guys finally winning one, though it takes the destruction of London to make the point. This is not the typical monster flick, but Ogra is not a typical heroine, either.
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Kong was a runt compared to Gorgo!
Added 2/4/2009
One of the real sleepers among giant monster films, Gorgo has some unmistakeably satiric aspects and lines of dialogue ("Nuclear weapons are out-of-the-question in a built-up area;Tanks? Ofcourse!")
A minor British monster movie Classic.
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Gargantuan mess
Added 1/21/2009
I havent seen this movie in quite awhile, when Harryhausen's flicks were all the rage on public TV as a matter of fact. The real clincher here is the fact that the monster is really a baby lost in the public's eye, and built later as a freak show display amidst a carnival. The scientists discover this fact early on, and predict the worst. Can the parent be far behind? Gorgo, the monster, is easily a contender for the godzilla hall of fame, but both monster parent and the kid, do their job at illuminating the presence of beast. All is pretty ordinary until the parent monster stomps the London town with its big feet. Unlike The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, who at least uses the street to walk, this monster chooses to walk on top of the buildings while knocking everything down in its path, and there is no structure too tall, or electrifying to conquer. The scenes of the massive crowds are up to par, and this is what makes the film entirely enjoyable. Gorgo does have a happy ending, for the monsters, and those that survived.
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Public Domain?
Added 1/20/2009
During the 80s and early 90s Gorgo was available from many "cheepy" VHS producers and was known to
be in the public domain. Is this no longer the case What happened? How is that possible?
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Godzilla, wanna be????
Added 6/7/2009
I had such fond memories of the movies of the fifties however this one is not of that genre. It still does mimic the "special effects" complete with monster with appendages remarkly "human-like" in length. I was quite disappointed with the movie but still if you love the simplicity of "old school" movie madness ... then this is what the doctor ordered.
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Give Me Back My Son!
Added 2/12/2009
Ogra is not a happy monster and who can really blame her.
Her son, Gorgo, was recently captured from their deep sea home and is now a freak-show attraction for a circus in London. And Ogra will stop at nothing to get her son back.
The 1961 British Sci-Fi is directed by Eugene Lourie and features the special effects of 2-time Academy Award winner Tom Howard. The monsters are a combination of Godzilla and King Kong, but there is an interesting environmental message in the screenplay by Robert L. Richards and Daniel James.
The military has unbelievable firepower, but the action builds up to the good guys finally winning one, though it takes the destruction of London to make the point. This is not the typical monster flick, but Ogra is not a typical heroine, either.
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Kong was a runt compared to Gorgo!
Added 2/4/2009
One of the real sleepers among giant monster films, Gorgo has some unmistakeably satiric aspects and lines of dialogue ("Nuclear weapons are out-of-the-question in a built-up area;Tanks? Ofcourse!")
A minor British monster movie Classic.
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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