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The Gorgon
UNITED KINGDOM · 1964

The Gorgon

Terence Fisher
supernatural horror transformation cursed creature petrification forbidden desire
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Synopsis

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a

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