Gargoyles (1972) on Netflix

This 1972 made for TV movie opens with pictures and woodcuts of the Devil and narration (Vic Perrin) of his fall from Grace. We learn that, "My offspring, the gargoyles, will one day rule the Lord's works, Earth and man. Reborn every 600 years the gargoyles joined battle against man to gain dominion over the Earth." Title and credits follow over a small airport somewhere in the southwestern U.S. [Later we learn it is New Mexico.] Waiting in his car for his daughter to arrive is Dr. Mercer Boley (Cornel Wilde). Diana Boley (Jennifer Salt) disembarks the Texas International twin-engine airplane and greets her father in the luggage area. They chat as Dr. Boley drives down a deserted road. He tells his daughter he is outlining a new book. Before work can begin, Dr. Boley tells Diana he has an appointment with an old man who wrote to him with a strange tale. "It's only a bit out of our way." They encounter a road block and decide to double back and take another route. Up on the hillside we get our first glimpse of a gargoyle, in shadow only. Dr. Boley and Diana hear the fluttering of wings and see the shadow of something fly over their car.