I would highly recommend it to any horror fan. The plotline was a bit slanted, the Gargoyles were dedicated to taking over the Earth, completely evil and therefore must be destroyed, something that wouldn't likely be passed today due to politcal correctness, but the ending still works nicely despite that. Bernie Casey's voice was filled with some kind of static. I can think of big budget films that didn't have costumes as good as these. I only saw 'rubber stretches' once or twice.
The effects were on the very lowest budget, so you get a whiff of 'cheese' to enjoy as well, but the monster suits were actually quite good. Doesn't matter, still enjoyable either way. An anthropologist/paleontologist and his daughter, while travelling through the southwestern U.S., stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles. I especially liked Bernie Casey as the lead Gargoyle, though I don't know if I should call it especially inspired or deliberatly hammy. It holds up very well over time, and the acting is quite good in most places. I was thoroughly chilled by this when it first showed on TV, and saw it again a few years ago, then caught it again today on MoviePlex, sans commercials. It is a low-budget film, but is well-paced. If the formula is followed successfully, it definately pays. The thing about made-for-tv movies is that the networks have a requirement that there is a chill and/or spill on every commercial break.
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