Gorgo

Gorgo is a 1961 British kaiju film directed by Eugène Lourié. Its premise of a giant sea creature turning out to be an infant, and his much larger mother coming to avenge him, recalls the plot of H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia Greene's "The Horror at Martin's Beach". 
==Plot Summary==
During a treasure hunt lead by Captain Joe Ryan and Sam Slade, a volcanic eruption forces their ship to be stranded on Nara Island until it can be repaired. During their time there, they find out about a giant sea creature that has been attacking the harbor. The creature, now named "Gorgo", is quickly captured and taken back to London, where some scientists speculate that Gorgo is actually just the baby of a much larger creature. Ignoring their warnings, Gorgo is displayed at a circus. Unfortunately, the scientists turned out to be right, and Gorgo's mother went on a rampage to retrieve her child, destroying large parts of London in the process. The military was powerless to stop Gorgo's mother; however, after she reunited with her child, she and Gorgo would peacefully return to the ocean.
==Adaptations==
A novelization was written by Bruce Cassiday, and a 23-issue comic book adaptation of Gorgo was published by Charlton Comics.
==Mythos Connections==
"Gorgo" is a part of an incantation in Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook," in which cultists beseech, "Gorgo, Mormo, thousand-faced moon, look favourably on our sacrifices!” Lovecraft got the incantation from the article on magic in the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which in turn was quoting the early Christian writer Hippolytus. Hippolytus cites the line in his Refutation of All Heresies as an example of the mumbo-jumbo of the priests of Hecate.Jason Colavito, "Exploring Lovecraft's 'Gorgo, Mormo, Thousand-Faced Moon' Quotation in 'Red Hook,'" March 2, 2012.
== Trivia ==
* The plot of Gorgo recalls that of Beowulf, an Old English saga, the beginning of which involves a juvenile monster slain by the titular hero whose mother then comes to avenge its death. Lovecraft made specific reference to this in his 1927 work Supernatural Horror in Literature.
==Gallery==
Gorgo comic.jpg|The Gorgo comic
== References ==
Category:Mythos-Inspired Film & Television Works