Gargoyles

A father and daughter travel to the Arizona desert after hearing that a mysterious skeleton has been unearthed. After removing the remains from the burial site for study, they and the local town are attacked by a colony of gargoyles that inhabit nearby caverns.

This 1972 fantasy horror TV movie was directed by Bill L. Norton, marking the first of seven films he directed. The screenplay was written by Elinor Karpf and Steven Karpf. The production was handled by Tomorrow Entertainment and produced by Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg. The cast features Cornel Wilde as Dr. Mercer Boley, Jennifer Salt as Diana Boley, Grayson Hall as Mrs. Parks, Bernie Casey as The Gargoyle, Scott Glenn as James Reeger, and William Stevens as the Police Chief.

The film has a runtime of 74 minutes. It holds a rating of 5.9/10 on IMDb based on 4,300 votes, and it has an identical rating of 5.9/10 on TMDB from 64 votes.