Gorgo (film)

Gorgo is a 1961 British science fiction monster film directed by Eugne Louri. The film focuses on Gorgo, an ancient large sea monster brought back to London for exploitation, and his even larger mother, who rampages across London to search for him. The film was featured in an episode of the cult moviemocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Ryan and Slade consult the harbour master, who also has archaeological pretensions he has been salvaging in the harbour. Some of his men have disappeared mysteriously it turns out that one has died of fear. After dark, a monstrous creature surfaces, attacks a group of fishermen, then comes ashore to wreak havoc on the island. This dinosaurlike creature is supposedly 65 feet tall. The people of the island finally drive it off.Ryan and his crew manage to capture the monster and haul it aboard their ship, tying it to the deck. Soon, university scientists arrive on Nara, hoping to collect the monster for study, but Ryan has been offered a better deal by the owner of a circus in London. When the ship arrives in London, the circus owner names it Gorgo, after the iconic snakehaired woman, Medusa. It is exhibited to the public in Battersea Park. ........

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