Birgit Bofarull, Brendan Price, Ezra Godden

Two couples out for an innocent sailing jaunt are forced by a violent storm to take shelter in a fishing village. But once safely moored, they realize it might have been better to stay at sea. Seems t...( read more  read more... )he local villagers worship a sea god named Dagon -- and have a nasty habit of mutating into beasts that are part human, part fish. Better weigh anchor … fast!

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R, 98 min.

Directed by: Stuart Gordon

Release Date: January 1, 2001

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DVD Release Date: July 23, 2002

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  • July 11, 2009
    The most appealing and stunningly well done achievement of the film is creating a consistent and terrifying depiction of a village dedicated to the extreme and orthodox religious worship of the dark Elder Gods; this is a place you could only want to visit in nightmares. Because t...( read more)he village and in its inhabitants are so effective, I am ratcheting my score to four stars. The language sounds great, which is pretty key to portraying occultists and creatures of Lovecraftian realms; this is for horror what Tolkien is for fantasy in terms of film adaptation.

    And weird I should think of LotR, because Stuart Gordon has in effect done a Lovecraft library of adaptations to screen; it's not just three movies, but it is well more than LotR extended cuts. Gordon varies in how people rate his adherence to Lovecraft ideals, I too fluctuate on my like for his renderings of these stories. I love this one. But that isn't to say there aren't some problems.
  • August 17, 2008
    Acceptable, while still flawed Lovecraft adaptation. Macarena Gomez do provides some fapable eye candy.
  • August 18, 2007
    Cool H.P. Lovecraft inspired monster movie on a boat, an island, and a creepy old house. Quite gorey and engaging.
  • January 6, 2007
    From the team that pretty much owns the bragging rights to Lovecraft adaptations (Gordon and Paoli), this might be the most faithful adaptation yet. Good stuff.
  • January 3, 2007
    Good ole' corny horror!
  • August 13, 2009
    It seems that no matter how hard filmmakers try, a Lovecraftian tale is the hardest to adapt from print to film. Dagon is no exception. While it does have some excellent scenes, the truth is the acting and the special effects take a lot away from this movie. I always try to look ...( read more)past horrible acting and cheesy effects but there are times, like now, when it's impossible to do that. It simply was too campy and cheesy to be an excellent and effective Lovecraftian movie. Dagon doesn't have a single truly scary moment; even scenes that are meant to be scary just fall short. If you want to be truly scared, read The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over Innsmouth and remember, "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
  • August 10, 2009
    Excellent atmosphere, creepy imagery. The special effects are not to shabby considering the budget. Slightly cheesy but a lot of fun.
  • August 2, 2009
    Extremely twisted gorefest of a picture with some good black humor and some truly scary moments. The mid-section of the film is a bit slow, but overall it's worth seeing if you're a horror fan.
  • July 26, 2009
    I watched the first thirty minutes or so of this film and couldn't stand it. Sneak peeks at later scenes have confirmed that it is not worth the effort. After a CGI dream, it starts with one of the dullest exposition scenes ever (for about ten minutes) and then brings a couple of...( read more) annoying characters to a Spanish village inhabited by fish people who worship the Lovecraftian god Dagon.

    Everything is terrible about this movie, especially the camerawork. I remembered Stuart Gordon as a moderately talented director, but this film could have been made by any hack working for the direct-to-video market.

    There is some profanity and women baring their gills and wearing silly hats.

    (I am not aware of any good adaptation of a Lovecraft story, but my idea of what it should look like is best exemplified by a graphic novel currently being developed by Pierre Veys and Carlos Puerta, entitled "Adamson". It does not make any explicit reference to Lovecraft, but the influence is unmistakable. Drawings for this exceptional work can be seen on Puerta's own website.)
  • May 11, 2009
    I love this movie 'cause it's based on the Lovecraftian mythology....enter the horror....

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