Review – Gryphon

This reminds me of being back in school again, when the kids who were equally obsessed with D&D and the A/V club would make movies like this. At least here we get professional actors and a half-hearted attempt at production values. The title monster is particularly awful, like a combination of a lion and an eagle with a scrunched-up beak that makes it look as if it flew into a wall. Bad effects aside, for the most part this is just another cheap fantasy movie. But pity poor Larry Drake. If only he’d invested the Darkman money a little more wisely, he wouldn’t get stuck playing the evil wizard in something like this. As a consolation, at least they gave him a couple of “Girls Next Door” sidekicks. See if desperate