House of the Gorgon

Described as low budget by Caroline Munro herself in her introduction on TPTV. It really is low budget and full of ham acting, despite four classic horror actors from the good old days of Hammer Horror Films. The investment and ameteur production is really what let's it down.

Caroline Munro in particular lets down as she appears to have lost her skills with age. Supporting actors present are lacking in acting ability and appear bored as progress develops. Best performance goes to Martine Beswick but she's not in the movie as much as her performance justifies.

The movie including Caroline's introduction is 1h 22m long. I made it to 45 minutes before giving up. I seriously lost the plot so no spoilers here!

Currently available to stream on TPTV Encore until 31 August 2024 so I may go back and attempt to watch the movie to its end.

I saw this not too long ago as part of a live stream watch party. They said it was a tribute movie to Hammer Horror movies, which I have always enjoyed. This was god awful. First of all, Caroline Munro and Martine Beswick should be embarrassed to be part of this and allowed themselves to be photographed so terribly. Veronica Carlson I felt incredibly bad for, having to deliver lines worse than Hammer's bad days (and presented in such an unflattering way as well - these three icons really should be shocked and embarrassed. I was embarrassed for them.) I know this is a low budget film, but so were the Hammer movies and I've seen a lot of other low budget horror streaming recently, but this was terrible - "lets just put a green light somewhere because then people wont think its my living room" just awful and an insult to all the technicians of the Hammer movies. Lastly, apparently the filmmaker himself decided to cast himself as the male lead role (I'm sorry, Christopher Neame does not count as a main character, he's a halfhearted cameo at best), and this guy Joshua proves his inadequacy not only as as a filmmaker in general, but as an actor around these older professionals. The other amateur actors on display here only degrade themselves further. According to the live stream this film won an award (huh???) and he has made other Hammer tribute movies -- I shudder to imagine. Stick with the original and authentic horrors, and stay away from this. Dreadful.

Oh dear! That's the only thing I can really say about fan movie HOUSE OF THE GORGON (2019), written/directed by and starring massive Hammer fan Joshua Kennedy. It's an American indie production made as a throwback to the Hammer films of old, that begins with a trio of women travelling by carriage to a remote region of Karlstadt where they find a mysterious house and its strange occupants. The title is a clue to the Greek-influence menace in this film.

Sadly, it's appalling in every respect,but then it would be given that it was shot in five days. Copying scenes from Hammer films on a tiny budget doesn't really do it for me. Caroline Munro hams it up shamelessly, Martine Beswick gives the most fun performance - like she's in a panto - while Veronica Carlson is stuck with a dull role. Oh, and AD 1972's Christopher Neame also appears as a priest, but perhaps he should have stayed at home. I think the poster artwork is the best part of this film.

Not exactly good - it's low budget particularly betrayed by it's tinny sound - this loving pastiche filmed in glorious Gooeyscope and wonderfully saturated colours of Hammer Horrors and Corman Poes with a smattering of 'Night of the Living Dead' is still fun to watch.

Caroline Munro and Martine Beswicke (as she now spells it) show they've still got what it takes as two evil five thousand year old sisters of the night (the former wearing Verdon Fell's glasses and expressing his aversion to the light). Former Hammer leading lady number three Veronica Carlson as the heroine's tippling mother meanwhile both looks and sounds exactly like Jennifer Saunders as Edina in 'Absolutely Fabulous'.

This was a mess of a movie if i'm honest. Now im not bashing that its low budget as sometimes it can be a good thing for a movie and I will hand it to them that they worked well with what they had. I'm also not turning down the cast. They were all fine as much as I could tell. The three hammer stars were all fine after being away for some years. I liked the main actress as well and thought that she could get somewhere one day. The setting was alright and in a different light they house could be even more creepy. There were not many scares but overall its not to bad I just felt the film as a whole was a little let down but worth a watch if you like this kind of film.