Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Gorgo

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Can London survive the bond between a giant monster and its young? In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the 1961 British kaiju film “Gorgo,” starring Bill Travers and William Sylvester. (originally published 1/12/2024)

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1:59.1	Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema Rewind. This is Rob Lamb. Today is St. Patrick's Day. So we do have an older episode of Weird House Cinema that does, at least in some small way, involve an Irish setting. We're going to be talking about the 1961 European kaiju movie
2:19.2	Gorgho. This one, this one's pretty fun and has a great monster in it. So let's jump right in.
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