
A salvage vessle is nearly sunk off the Irish coast by an undersea earthquake. A few nights later, a walking sea monster tangles with the fishing boats and enters the town. The salvage vessel captures Gorgo and takes it to London for display. Gorgo's mother, who is upset and significantly larger follows his trail to London leaving a wake of destruction in her path.... (Full plot summary below)
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A salvage vessle is nearly sunk off the Irish coast by an undersea earthquake. A few nights later, a walking sea monster tangles with the fishing boats and enters the town. The salvage vessel captures Gorgo and takes it to London for display. Gorgo's mother, who is upset and significantly larger follows his trail to London leaving a wake of destruction in her path.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussWomen are absent from 'Gorgo' because the title beast proves to be the biggest mother of them all, literally. The entire movie is constructed around a feminine presence that is destructive and wrathful but also righteous. |
| User ReviewRichard YThe finest non-Godzilla movie out there. Irish monster kicks British ass. And the monsters win!!! Excellent! |
| User ReviewJeffrey DOne of the greatest monster movies ever made, and original for its time as far as its story goes - matched by its authentic special effects (here the reptilian and humanoid features are blended seamlessly), solid acting, fast-paced direction and thundering score. After he sparked the Atomic Age era of creature features with THE BEAST FROM 20000 FATHOMS (which also launched the careers of writer Ray Bradbury, stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen and thousands of superb follow-ups like GODZILLA and THEM!), director Eugene Lourie decided to make a film where the monster lived in the end (in response to his daughter weeping to the dinosaur's death in BEAST). A 65-foot dinosaur, freed from volcanic eruptions off the coast of Ireland, attacks nearby sea villages until salvage vessel divers capture and deliver it to London for public exhibition in the circus. However, it's discovered too late that this creature is in fact an infant, and its 200' parent comes to rescue it, reducing London to fire and chaos in doing so (a theme Steven Spielberg ripped off in THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK - and he apparently ripped off Gorgo's roaring sound effect for the T-Rex roar in JURASSIC PARK, as well as a music piece to Gorgo destroying Big Ben that became the "shark machine" theme heard in JAWS). A classic, not to be missed, even by creature-feature non-devotees. |
| User ReviewFITZ 5The finest non-Godzilla movie out there. Irish monster kicks British ass. And the monsters win!!! Excellent! |
| User ReviewJustin PExcellent British Godzilla rip-off. Nice change of pace to see London getting torn up instead of Tokyo. |
| User ReviewJonathan SThis was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I still love it. It's a little Godzilla and a little Beowolf. |
| User ReviewRalph RGorgo is a refreshing change of scenery and pace in the giant monster attacks film genre. The scenes of London being ripped apart are incredible. I cant remember ever seeing Tokyo's inhabitants ever being crushed beneath tons of falling building like this before. And theres alot of crushing going on. It gets pretty scary once Mama shows up to claim her offspring. The lighting is great and the special effects are superb for 1961. Ive never been a giant monster freak, but Gorgo is better than any Godzilla film that ive ever seen. |
| User ReviewDavid OAdmittedly the special effects in this are ultra cheesy. In spite of that this film is still really good and it achieves its high rating in the story, writing and characters. It's like someone said, "Let's combine King Kong and Godzilla and trash London." I wasn't going to reveal the twist but it's in the trailer. The twist here is that the huge monster they catch and put on display is the little one. |
| User ReviewAndy WThe British Godzilla has ropey effects and intrusive stock footage but it's very watchable, doesn't outstay its welcome and is ideologically sound. |
| User ReviewRebecca LNow here's a surprise: one of the best Godzilla knock-offs ever, and it's from ENGLAND! |