A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...
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This low budget Lovecraft jam May be more indebted to Shadow Over Innsmouth than it’s titled source material, but this thing goes for it and zeros in on the water drenched lurking terror mood—my favorite kind of mood!
The atmos here really is stellar regardless of budget—a sleepy seaside village constantly under seige by rain, and gloomy surroundings filled with pale faced gill necked webbed fingered odd ones worshipping the lurking terror beneath. Tentacles, slimy hooded fishmen shambling about stone paved rain flooded alleyways, this journey to face ‘the thing that should not be’ is right in my wheelhouse... Dagon just works for me.
Even with a severely reduced budget, Stuart Gordon (along with trusty collaborators Dennis Paoli and Brian Yuzna) manages…
This movie gets an automatic 4 stars just for all the Lovecraftian tentacled awesomeness. But then, why only 3 stars overall? Well, when your male lead both looks and acts like the “oh my goooooood” guy from Troll 2, you immediately lose a star. I’m sorry, I don’t make the rules.
A Stuart Gordon semi-cult classic about the occupants of a fishing boat that gets run aground on a small island off the coast of Spain, Dagon is a low budget adaption of an H.P. Lovecraft short story (or two) relating to the Cthulhu mythos. It’s way too campy to have come out over a decade after the 80s, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing when you’ve got golden…
It's too much weird that among the many atrocities committed in this film, what irritated me most was the girl throwing her boyfriend's notebook overboard? Seriously, this is unforgivable.
Ezra Godden, who also works with director Stuart Gordon in "Dreams in the Witch House" episode from "Master of Horror", plays a non-standard protagonist. Nerdy (although still very handsome), clumsy and fearful, Paul (Godden) never gets things the way he wants, can't save anyone or even himself, but still, he keeps fighting and moving on.
His trajectory teaches that sometimes it's better to give up, hug the monsters (maybe even bang them) and make a deal.
This advice is especially important when we talk about monsters created by H.P. Lovecraft's fertile…
some really shoddy cg fx and performances (lead guy is clearly supposed to be combs but doesn't have his sliminess or timing as a performer) and is missing much of the wit and character that made gordon's previous lovecraft adaptations so special but instead he goes full cheap italian horror mood and gore—complete with a flaying and throat-slitting cult of fish people—and not only is it quite nasty but somehow he sustains it. has one of the most disgusting face peels i've ever seen followed by a ritual sacrifice finale that is so absurd i don't think it should work but gordon commits to the grim, almost cosmic tone so thoroughly it mostly does. when the dude briefly got turned on by hot tentacle fish girl i was like oh there's my boy stu lol!
A Stuart Gordon H. P. Lovecraft adaption that is filled with atmosphere, foreboding, impressive practical effects and terribly dated CGI. It falls a bit short compared to both Re-Animator and From Beyond, but it is still a very solid movie.
A fun time watching this with Michelle.
I had seen this one before...about 10 years ago...and remember really liking it but, lately, some of the films I have rewatched that I liked then I’m not so fond of now. Luckily, this one is still pretty darn good and it’s based on a Lovecraft story (actually, two stories) so definite bonus there.
Directed by Stuart Gordon, Dagon is about 4 people on a boating excursion who suddenly encounter a mysterious storm and are forced to abandon ship and head for a nearby island where they realize their troubles are just beginning. Lovecraft’s stories have proven to be notoriously difficult to bring to life on film and it’s not hard to understand why. His stories are so darkly rich,…
Action!: Lovecrafting with Stuart Gordon & The Talking Heads
After a series of films that cast doubt on the director's talent and initial impact on me, Stuart Gordon kicks off the new millennium with a film that not only sees him adapting a new work by Lovecraft, but also returning to the body horror genre that put him on the map. Even if it does not reach the extremes of his earlier work, those fans looking for a lot of blood, torture and bizarre characters will be more than satisfied.
The performances are a bit iffy, but everyone delivers, especially those who play somewhat bizarre and disturbed characters. The cinematography has that peculiar look of many of the digital cameras in…
The third entry in the Stuart Gordon/Dennis Paoli Lovecraft adaptations\ trilogy is a fun take on "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", but would have been twice as good if Jeffrey Coombs were the lead and not a younger actor trying to mimic his nervous, twitchy energy. An impossible task as Coombs is the only one who can make his unique brand of being repellent both endearing and charming. There's still a lot of fun stuff here. The location switch from the New England of the story to the Galicia region of Spain works well and there is no shortage of grotesque fish fucking mutant villager extras to make it work. There is also some pretty good gratuitous nudity and one truly horrific scene of a guy getting his face peeled off his skull.
Lovecraft stories are notoriously difficult to bring to the screen; but bless Stuart Gordon for trying! The film is based mainly on Lovecraft's classic The Shadow Over Innsmouth (but takes bits from elsewhere). Re-Animator and From Beyond are the Stuart Gordon films everyone remembers but this one is the most singularly Lovecraftian. The film triumphs over its low budget with a constant fantastical atmosphere. The central location of Imboca (substituting for Innsmouth) is quite the marvel with its rainsoaked streets, delapidated buildings and rather odd locals. The story encompasses many of Lovecraft's favourite plots, including alternative God's, weird cults/religion and cursed lineage. Unfortunately it does suffer from some spectacularly bad CGI and the ambitious plot does stutter at times but considering the lofty heights it reaches for; I'm going to forgive these problems and declare Dagon a flawed masterpiece.
Extremely Resident Evil 4 and operates exactly like a survival horror video game, crank-levers and sudden advantages on groups of enemies included. Horrific water-themed Lovecraftian imagery is everywhere and this is one of those works of art that makes water scary.
Really love those rain towers and the highlighter hues worn by the protagonists.
Sometimes, when you want something bad enough, and for long enough, you find yourself lowering your standards. For example, when I was desperate for a film adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk novels, I settled for Johnny Mnemonic. I even loved it when it first came out, and watched it repeatedly. Looking back through a more objective lens, it's likely that my judgment was clouded to some degree by my desire for any film adaptation that brought that sweet Gibsonian cyberpunk vibe to the screen. However, I'm still waiting for something better. This is a pattern I've repeated with many film adaptions of my favourite books.
As a huge fan of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, I find myself in a similar position…
Yooooo.... fuck freaky fish people.
