Or as Mercer defends, he's not lost, he just took a wrong turn. They head off to meet with a guy for Mercer's research, but soon get lost. You would think this would go somewhere, what with demons and gargoyles. I think we got this.Īfter the setup, we join our story already in progress where Mercer is picking up his daughter at the airport, and she has brought him a small stone statue of a demon. They've been defeated so far, but now man has forgotten about its adversaries after so long a time.įunny, I don't remember that lesson in the bible.Īnd on a similar note, why would we forget about them more in THIS 600 years, than the previous 600, or the 600 before that? Okay, we think they're only myths now, but we thought they were myths before, right? And besides, now we have guns. They set up that gargoyles are the children of Satan, and they rise every 600 years to wreak havoc upon the Earth to try and take it over. THE GUTS: We kick off with a brief history lesson of that whole thing going down in heaven, with Lucifer being kicked out for leaving the kitchen light on all night or something, but then it veers off into strange territory. For a demon, he is surprising smart, expectedly cunning, and becoming well-read in his short time on Earth.
The Gargoyle - Our nameless leader of the entire gargoyle clan, and yes, for ease of identification, I am going to call him Goliath more often than not. She's helpful, but as is common, she gets captured a bit. He's become a bit jaded in his quest, and is more debunker than researcher, but his luck is about to change.ĭiana Boley - Mercer's daughter, and she's pretty much just along for the ride. Mercer Boley - An archaeology professor, or some such, who is currently doing research into things that are off the beaten path. After Stan threatened to leave the production, the producers relented and the gargoyle-creators received their credits.QUICK CUT: When demons arise for the first time in over 500 years, it falls to a scientist who just happened to stumble upon them to stop their return before it is too late for humanity. This was Stan Winston’s first real professional job (he had only just finished a three-year Walt Disney Studios makeup apprenticeship program), but he still had the guts to insist that he get a credit in the movie (which was seldom done at the time). The heads were created by Stan Winston Jim Phillips (on the left) & Ellis Burman do an early makeup application of the lead gargoyle (played by Bernie Casey) Gargoyle masks sculpted by Stan Winston for background characters Close-up shot of one of the background gargoyles from the film set Stan Winston applies dark camouflage makeup to a background actor on-set The costumes for the background gargoyles were by Ross Wheat (the bodies were neoprene wetsuits covered in fishnet and small pieces of rubber).
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