Thrill fans and horror buffs will find something to please them in this much better than average made-for-TV horror yarn.
Anthropologist Mercer Boley (Cornel Wilde) and his daughter Diana (Jennifer Salt) travel to New Mexico where they get mixed up with an assortment of strange and unusual events that make for a very suspenseful film.
Cornel Wilde, an underappreciated actor, makes good use of his role and the makeup created by Sonny Burman and Stan Winston for the gargoyles is excellent.
Effects are well applied, the score from Robert Prince is satisfyingly spooky and the climax is a real stunner.
The entire film was shot for spare change in the Arizona desert with a single camera.
Dr Mercer Boley
Cornel Wilde Diana Boley
Jennifer Salt Mrs Parks
Grayson Hall The Gargoyle
Bernie Casey The Gargoyle (voice)
Vic Perrin James Reeger
Scott Glenn Police Chief
William Stevens Jesse
John Gruber Uncle Willie
Woody Chambliss Buddy
Jim Connell Morris Ray
Tim Burns Gargoyle
Mickey Alzola Gargoyle
Greg Walker Gargoyle
Rock Walker
Director
Bill Norton
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Anthropologist Mercer Boley (Cornel Wilde) and his daughter Diana (Jennifer Salt) travel to New Mexico where they get mixed up with an assortment of strange and unusual events that make for a very suspenseful film.
Dr Mercer Boley
Police Chief
