The Gorgon

Lamoreux · 15th March 2002, 08:20 PM

I've seen Hammer's THE GORGON many times, but after viewing it again several days ago, was struck by the terrible position the screenwriter left Mr. Lee's character in at the film's conclusion.

WARNING *** SPOILER AHEAD

The local police attempt to arrest Lee's character, Prof. Meister, for complicity in the abduction of Peter Cushing's assistant, Carla. Lee escapes (by force) through a window and hurries to Castle Borski for a final confrontation with the Gorgon. He arrives to find Cushing (the actual villain) dead, the young hero dying, and in time to destroy the creature.
One gets a feeling the screenwriter wants us to breath a sigh of relief that the "horror" is over. But, I fear, it's just begun for Prof. Meister.
All of the witnesses are dead, including the women he's been accused of abducting. No evidence of his fantastic story remains to back up his claims. (You really can't count the stone bodies of Cushing and the hero; the police have already covered up seven like-murders without batting an eye.) And the authorities, hot on his heels, have proven themselves deaf to explanations and blind to facts.
Am I reading too much into it; or is Prof. Meister in for a lot of trouble?

Doug

Old Soul · 16th March 2002, 02:13 AM

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**Frederick Bergstrom** · 29th March 2002, 04:05 AM

I think we could find these types of questions to most movies after they have ended....but i seem to remember Barabra Shelley said no one ever went to that castle..Its possible the police never would have even went to investigate the castle....Isnt it cool that Draculas first sequel Draculas Daughter started off with the police arresting Van Helsing for murder ..that makes a lot of sense to me obviously vampires dont excist it had to be murder. Universal had the right idea with picking the story up right as the first one ended in that way

**Alfonso Casal** · 29th March 2002, 04:51 AM

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Isnt it cool that Draculas first sequel Draculas Daughter started off with the police arresting Van Helsing for murder ..that makes a lot of sense to me obviously vampires dont excist it had to be murder.

I think it was Roger Ebert who commented that there should alway be an epilogue to werewolf movies wherein the hero has to explain to the police (who, of course, do not believe in werewolves) just where the naked dead guy came from.:1devil:

Lamoreux · 29th March 2002, 03:06 PM

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I think it was Roger Ebert who commented that there should alway be an epilogue to werewolf movies wherein the hero has to explain to the police (who, of course, do not believe in werewolves) just where the naked dead guy came from.:1devil:

Come on, Alfonso! We're both old Chicago stompers. Naked dead guys are a dime a dozen there.:D

Doug