After a warehouse fire, museum director Grove and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged. Suddenly Grove is lying dead on the ground, killed by the statue? Pimm finds out that the cursed statue has been created by Rabbi Loew in 16th century and will withstand every human attempt to destroy it. Pimm decides to use it to his own advantage.
Acting
Roddy McDowall's unhinged, sweaty desperation.
Practical Effects
Charming rubber-suited golem menace.
Production
Museum sets that scream 1967 British TV budget.
Director
Herbert J. Leder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The golem legend originates from 16th-century Prague, where Rabbi Loew allegedly created a clay protector for the Jewish ghetto—this film's American-British take strips most of the religious nuance.
Released in the US as 'It!' to capitalize on Stephen King's 'It' decades before Pennywise existed—pure coincidence, maximum confusion.
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