What makes it different from others?

Really Surprised!

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

When I was a kid, I remember asking my dad what movies he thought were scary. He answered Night of the Living Dead and Gargoyles, so I was always nervous to watch this movie. It just looked strange and in the late 70s, it wasn't like I could on demand find it. Even today, it's hard to find on DVD (but YouTube is a whole different story).]Originally airing on CBS on November 21st, 1972, it was directed by Bill L. Norton (Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, More American Graffiti) and written by Steven and Elinor Karpf (Devil Dog: The Hound from Hell, The Jayne Mansfield Story), Gargoyles may be uneven, but has moments of pure joy.It's one of the first films Stan Winston (Terminator, Aliens) worked on, providing a variety of gargoyle makeup. The look of the creatures is wonderful, as they don't all look the same. And the leader (Bernie Casey (Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again, UN Washington in Revenge of the Nerds) has the perfect look that balances a regal bearing with an otherworldly aura. You can see why this won an Emmy. It's big budget worthy work on a shoestring budget.Speaking of budget, the film was shot with just one camera over 18 days; a fact that chased away the original director. Temperatures at the Carlsbad, NM location baked the cast and crew, reaching 100 degrees or more the entire shoot. So it's amazing that what emerged is so interesting.Read more at http://bit.ly/2xXAaGS

Dealing with your demons can be a difficult thing to do. When you battle with them, you can overcome what life throws at you. But you are dealing with "Gargoyles". Normally you would see them as statues on buildings. Interesting to see, but you can actually see them in action. A father and daughter travel with a statue from Mexico to add to his collection. But strange encounters come along the way, when he meets a man who collect different artifacts. One of them was a skeleton of an unusual creature skeleton. Met with skepticism by the father, they have a conversation. That night, both the father and daughter meet a horrible fate when they are attacked and the owner of the tourist trap is killed. A strange creature attacked them while they are driving. The creature is a Gargoyle. They are considered the fallen angels from Heaven. They will attack mankind for as long as they can. But mankind can take action, and keep these horrible creatures at bay. This movie is a small start on horror films. The special effects were not bad. An interesting sight on how these creatures can look so convincing. The quality of the movie was fine. Consider it a cult classic. 2 out of 5 stars.

Gargoyles is not a down right horrible film - it does have some entertainment value for fans of B-films, sci-fi and horror. I didn't find the movie scary at all but it did entertain me - and that is what counts.It's not a top quality film but the Gargoyles look really cool... pre-CGI and for a low budget made for TV movie I'm pleased with their look. Pretty menacing looking and elaborate considering.The story is basic - really not all that cheesy but it's certainly not a "deep" type of story. The movie is what I expected it to be - so I wasn't completely disappointed with it.This is pretty good movie to kick back with on an otherwise boring afternoon if you like these type of films.5/10

B.W.L. Norton directed this fondly remembered TV movie that stars Cornel Wilde as anthropologist/author Dr. Boley, who, along with his daughter Diana(played by Jennifer Salt) are in the Arizona desert where they meet up with a storekeeper named Uncle Willie, who tries to make a deal about an unusual skeleton he has found in a canyon, but his tale is cut short by the arrival of real Gargoyles, who must retrieve the bodies of their dead, and are also planning to take over the world, since more of them will be hatching in their caves... Effective film takes a bold approach in showing so much of the Gargoyles, not always successfully, but good script and direction make the difference.