This is one of those movies from which I refer to as the "golden age of monster movies". As a kid, I enjoyed any kind of monster picture. Godzilla was one of my favorites, and I would have to say that Gorgo was second. Back in the '50s and '60s, they didn't have the technology for special effects as they do now. Gorgo (or actually Gorgo's child) comes to life after a huge undersea earthquake in the North Atlantic. The fishermen who capture it are supposed to take it to the University of Dublin in Ireland for study. The two fishermen have a better idea. They decide to take it to London, and put it on display at a circus. Unknown to them, it's just a baby, and pretty soon, mama comes looking for her offspring. The adult Gorgo is over 200 feet high. (is it the mama or papa?...we don't really know). The adult finds it way to London (sinking a ship on the way) and totally trashes the city. Gorgo reclaims her child, and heads back to sea. This is one of the few monster movies where the monster actually lives at the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this picture as a child, and I enjoy looking for all those old monster pictures. I guess you'll beleive anything when you are 6 years old!
